diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 70ee26273..4963080ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Disable mysqld apparmor profile"	
       if: matrix.platforms.provider == 'provision::docker'	
-      run: |	
+      run: |
         sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld /etc/apparmor.d/disable/	
         sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/disable/usr.sbin.mysqld
+        sudo systemctl disable apparmor
+        sudo systemctl stop apparmor
 
     - name: Provision test environment
       run: |
@@ -99,4 +101,3 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 29f22a679..cd9bbdf02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |	
         sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld /etc/apparmor.d/disable/	
         sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/disable/usr.sbin.mysqld
+        sudo systemctl disable apparmor
+        sudo systemctl stop apparmor
 
     - name: Provision test environment
       run: |
@@ -98,4 +100,3 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
-
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
index 1896fc458..5cad805a4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def mysql_version
   shell_output = LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('mysql --version', expect_failures: true)
   if shell_output.stdout.match(%r{\d+\.\d+\.\d+}).nil?
     # mysql is not yet installed, so we apply this class to install it
-    LitmusHelper.instance.apply_manifest('include mysql::server', debug: true, catch_failures: true)
+    LitmusHelper.instance.apply_manifest('include mysql::server', catch_failures: true)
     shell_output = LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('mysql --version')
     raise _('unable to get mysql version') if shell_output.stdout.match(%r{\d+\.\d+\.\d+}).nil?
   end