diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 818d1c677..ef78d7e69 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
   flake8 {posargs}
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' ! -regex '.*vars\/.*' -print0 | \
-    xargs -t -n1 -0 ansible-lint"
+    xargs -t -0 ansible-lint"
   bash -c 'find roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | \
-    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint'
+    xargs -t ansible-lint'
   # Ansible Syntax Check
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' ! -regex '.*vars\/.*' -exec \
     ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \{\} + > /dev/null"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/update-test-platforms.py
   bash -c "(( $(find playbooks -name *.yml | wc -l) == 0)) || \{ echo 'Use .yaml'; exit 1; \}"
   bash -c "(( $(find roles -name *.yml | wc -l) == 0)) || \{ echo 'Use .yaml'; exit 1; \}"
-  bash -c "git diff --quiet || \{ echo 'ERROR: git in dirty status, reporting as failure'; exit 1; \}"
+  bash -c "git diff --quiet || \{ git status --porcelain; echo 'ERROR: git in dirty status, reporting as failure'; exit 1; \}"
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}