diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/MacOSX.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/MacOSX.yml
index 033adc23a1..5ee080d541 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/MacOSX.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Common/tasks/MacOSX.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 - name: Set homebrew path (x64)
   set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /usr/local/bin
+    homebrew_path: /usr/local/bin/brew
   when: ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
 
 - name: Set homebrew path (Arm64)
   set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /opt/homebrew/bin
+    homebrew_path: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
   when: ansible_architecture == "arm64"
 
 - name: Configure system-wide Bash profile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 - name: Check if Homebrew is already installed
   stat:
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}/brew"
+    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
   register: brew
 
 - name: Install Homebrew
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   homebrew:
     upgrade_all: yes
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
   when: "macos_version_number is version('10.15', '>')"
   tags:
     - brew_upgrade
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   homebrew_tap:
     name: buo/cask-upgrade
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
   tags:
     - brew_cu
 
@@ -100,13 +98,12 @@
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   homebrew_tap:
     name: AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
 
 # Skipping linting as no situation where this can't run (lint error 301)
 - name: Update Casks
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  command: "{{ homebrew_path }}/brew cu -y"
+  command: "{{ homebrew_path }} cu -y"
   tags:
     - brew_cu
     - skip_ansible_lint
@@ -114,20 +111,14 @@
 - name: Install Build Tool Packages
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ Build_Tool_Packages }}"
   tags: build_tools
 
 - name: Install Build Tool Packages NOT macOS 10.12
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ Build_Tool_Packages_NOT_10_12 }}"
   when:
     - not (macos_version_number | regex_search("10.12"))
@@ -136,30 +127,21 @@
 - name: Install Build Tool Casks
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew_cask:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew_cask: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ Build_Tool_Casks }}"
   tags: build_tools
 
 - name: Install Test Tool Packages
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ Test_Tool_Packages }}"
   tags: test_tools
 
 - name: Install JCK Tool Casks
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew_cask:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew_cask: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   with_items: "{{ JCK_Tool_Casks }}"
   tags: jck_tools
 
@@ -180,15 +162,6 @@
   when: not pdfwriter.stat.exists
   tags: jck_tools
 
-- name: Uninstall libpng
-  become: yes
-  become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-  homebrew:
-    name: libpng
-    state: absent
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
-  tags: adoptopenjdk
-
 # As per https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/issues/3790
 - name: Creating /etc/sysctl.conf for kernel tunings
   file:
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Nagios_Plugins/tasks/nagios_MacOSX.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Nagios_Plugins/tasks/nagios_MacOSX.yml
index b6553498be..18da3d34b1 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Nagios_Plugins/tasks/nagios_MacOSX.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Nagios_Plugins/tasks/nagios_MacOSX.yml
@@ -6,22 +6,8 @@
 ########################################
 # Install Nagios dependencies packages #
 ########################################
-
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (x64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /usr/local/bin
-  when: ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
-
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (Arm64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /opt/homebrew/bin
-  when: ansible_architecture == "arm64"
-
 - name: Install additional packages used by Nagios
-  homebrew:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
+  homebrew: "name={{ item }} state=present"
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   with_items:
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Xcode/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Xcode/tasks/main.yml
index 5f390c0983..6bae45d566 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Xcode/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/Xcode/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@
           Ensure that Apple_ID_User, Apple_ID_Password and FASTLANE_SESSION are defined. Skipping Xcode installation"
   when: apple_variables is not defined
 
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (x64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /usr/local/bin
-  when: ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
-
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (Arm64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /opt/homebrew/bin
-  when: ansible_architecture == "arm64"
-
 - name: Install Xcode
   when: apple_variables is defined
   block:
@@ -39,7 +29,6 @@
       homebrew:
         name: ruby@2.7 # no 3.0 yet for fastlane (https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/issues/17931)
         state: present
-        path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
 
     - name: Configure Bash profile extension for Ruby
       become: yes
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/curl/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/curl/tasks/main.yml
index 0f82f6e611..5691b9450d 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/curl/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/AdoptOpenJDK_Unix_Playbook/roles/curl/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@
     curl_latest: 7.79.1
   tags: curl
 
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (x64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /usr/local/bin
-  when: ansible_distribution == "MacOSX" and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
-
-- name: Set Mac homebrew path (Arm64)
-  set_fact:
-    homebrew_path: /opt/homebrew/bin
-  when: ansible_distribution == "MacOSX" and ansible_architecture == "arm64"
-
 - name: Download curl {{ curl_latest }}
   get_url:
     url: https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-7_79_1/curl-{{ curl_latest }}.tar.gz
@@ -124,7 +114,6 @@
   homebrew:
     name: curl
     state: latest
-    path: "{{ homebrew_path }}"
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == "MacOSX"
     - "macos_version_number is version('10.13', '>')"