diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 716d767c8..d82194880 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -15,13 +15,25 @@ under a directory `ansible_collections`. Clone ensuring that hierarchy:
 
 ```shell
 mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR/ansible_collections/google
-git clone <url> $TARGET_DIR/collections/google/cloud
+git clone <url> $TARGET_DIR/ansible_collections/google/cloud
+```
+
+Then set up your Python virtual environment:
+
+```shell
+cd $TARGET_DIR/ansible_collections/google
+python3 -m venv venv
+. ./venv/bin/activate
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+pip3 install -r requirements-test.txt
+pip3 install ansible
 ```
 
 ## Running tests
 
-### prequisites for all tests
+### Prequisites for all tests
 
+- Install `gcloud` following [these instructions](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install).
 - Install the `ansible` package.
 - Some container runtime is necessary (e.g. `podman` or `docker`). The instructions use podman.
 
@@ -29,18 +41,63 @@ git clone <url> $TARGET_DIR/collections/google/cloud
 
 ### Integration testing prequisites
 
-#### Installing personal GCP credentials
+#### Authentication with personal GCP credentials
+
+If you are running the integration tests locally the easiest way to
+authenticate to GCP is using [application default credentials](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#adc).
+Once you have installed `gcloud` and performed basic initialization (via `gcloud init`) run:
+
+```shell
+gcloud auth application-default login
+```
+
+#### Authentication with service account credentials
+
+A service account may also be used to run the integration tests. You can create one using `gcloud`:
+
+```shell
+gcloud iam service-accounts create ansible-test-account \
+    --description="For running Anisble integration tests" \
+    --display-name="Ansible Test Account"
+```
+
+You'll also need to export a key file. Here and below `$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME`
+is the full email address of the service account, in the form
+`EMAIL@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com`, e.g., if you used the
+account name `ansible-test-account` as suggested above and your project
+ID is `my-test-project`, use `ansible-test-account@my-test-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com`.
+
+```shell
+gcloud iam service-accounts keys create /path/to/cred/file.json \
+    --iam-account=ansible-test-account@my-test-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+chmod 0600 /path/to/cred/file.json
+```
+
+Read the [best practices for managing service account keys](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/best-practices-for-managing-service-account-keys)
+to learn how to keep your service account key and your GCP resources safe.
+
+#### Configuring test credentials
 
 The integration tests for this module require the use of real GCP credentials, and must provide
-ansible-test those values. They can be added by authoring the following in `tests/integration/cloud-config-gcp.ini`:
+ansible-test those values. They can be added by creating the file `tests/integration/cloud-config-gcp.ini`.
+
+If you are using personal (i.e., application default) credentials, add:
+
+```
+[default]
+gcp_project: $PROJECT_ID
+gcp_cred_kind: application
+gcp_folder_id: $TEST_FOLDER (to create test projects)
+```
+
+If you are using a service account for credentials, add:
 
 ```
 [default]
-gcp_project: @PROJECT_ID
-gcp_cred_file: @CRED_FILE
-gcp_cred_kind: @CRED_KIND
-gcp_cred_email: @EMAIL
-gcp_folder_id: @TEST_FOLDER (to create test projects)
+gcp_project: $PROJECT_ID
+gcp_cred_file: /path/to/cred/file.json
+gcp_cred_kind: serviceaccount
+gcp_folder_id: $TEST_FOLDER (to create test projects)
 ```
 
 #### Setting up the project for testing
@@ -51,7 +108,8 @@ and is expected to be configured beforehand.
 For convenience, a bootstrap script is provided.
 
 NOTE: running this script will make irreversible changes in your
-GCP project (e.g. create an AppEngine project):
+GCP project (e.g. create an AppEngine project). You can omit
+`$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME` is you are using application default credentials.
 
 ```bash
 bash ./scripts/bootstrap-project.sh $PROJECT_ID $SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME
@@ -92,7 +150,7 @@ ansible-lint
 
 ## Specific Tasks
 
-The following enumerates detailed documentation for specific tasks related tot
+The following enumerates detailed documentation for specific tasks related to
 the codebase.
 
 ### Updating the supported ansible-core version
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/app-default-creds.yml b/changelogs/fragments/app-default-creds.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a02ea280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/app-default-creds.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - add support for GCP application default credentials (https://github.com/ansible-collections/google.cloud/issues/359).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-project.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-project.sh
index 8dd2b2d00..a28f42c79 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-project.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-project.sh
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ for SERVICE in "${SERVICE_LIST[@]}"; do
     gcloud services enable "$SERVICE" --project="$PROJECT_ID"
 done
 
-for ROLE in "${REQUIRED_ROLE_LIST[@]}"; do
-    echo "enabling role $ROLE..."
-    gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding "$PROJECT_ID" \
-        --member="serviceAccount:$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME" \
-        --role="$ROLE"
-done
+if [ -n "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME" ]
+then
+    for ROLE in "${REQUIRED_ROLE_LIST[@]}"; do
+        echo "enabling role $ROLE..."
+        gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding "$PROJECT_ID" \
+            --member="serviceAccount:$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME" \
+            --role="$ROLE"
+    done
+fi
 
 if ! gcloud app describe --project="$PROJECT_ID" > /dev/null; then
     echo "creating appengine project..."
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/defaults/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/defaults/main.yml
index ba66644fc..63f4b0a56 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-resource_name: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
+resource_name: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
index 4441d531c..af2774e41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_appengine_firewall_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     action: ALLOW
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a firewall rule
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     action: ALLOW
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     action: ALLOW
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     action: ALLOW
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_appengine_firewall_rule_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     action: ALLOW
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_dataset/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_dataset/tasks/autogen.yml
index 1f97074d9..64d8e605c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_dataset/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_dataset/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       dataset_id: my_example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a dataset
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       dataset_id: my_example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_bigquery_dataset_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
   register: results
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       dataset_id: my_example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       dataset_id: my_example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_bigquery_dataset_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
   register: results
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       dataset_id: my_example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_table/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_table/tasks/autogen.yml
index b795dbe9e..c8b84097b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_table/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigquery_table/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       dataset_id: example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: dataset
 - name: delete a table
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       table_id: example_table
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a table
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       table_id: example_table
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       dataset: example_dataset
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
   register: results
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       table_id: example_table
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       table_id: example_table
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       dataset: example_dataset
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery
   register: results
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       table_id: example_table
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       dataset_id: example_dataset
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: dataset
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigtable_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigtable_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index 23dccf596..e5cf02b06 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigtable_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_bigtable_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       serve_nodes: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       serve_nodes: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_bigtable_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
   register: results
 - name: verify that command succeeded
   assert:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       serve_nodes: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
       serve_nodes: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_bigtable_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
   register: results
 - name: verify that command succeeded
   assert:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       serve_nodes: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function/tasks/autogen.yml
index 530ac7098..e803c4c9e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     runtime: "python310"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a cloud function
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     runtime: "python310"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       location: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     # runtime is not sent as it is optional for
     # existing functions.
     # runtime: "python310"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     trigger_http: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
       location: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     trigger_http: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudscheduler_job/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudscheduler_job/tasks/autogen.yml
index 3a1884c2d..078bd2bb1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudscheduler_job/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudscheduler_job/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       relative_uri: "/ping"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a job
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       relative_uri: "/ping"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       relative_uri: "/ping"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       relative_uri: "/ping"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       relative_uri: "/ping"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudtasks_queue/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudtasks_queue/tasks/autogen.yml
index c0f0e602c..2fa585c21 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudtasks_queue/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_cloudtasks_queue/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a queue
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       location: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       location: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_address/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_address/tasks/autogen.yml
index 7a12e69e8..5fdd5d504 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_address/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_address/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a address
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
index 5182fa982..79b05de20 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a instance template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancetemplate
 - name: create a instance group manager
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: igm
 - name: delete a autoscaler
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         utilization_target: 0.5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a autoscaler
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         utilization_target: 0.5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         utilization_target: 0.5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         utilization_target: 0.5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         utilization_target: 0.5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: igm
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancetemplate
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
index 48f2ee1b3..018a74971 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: bucket-backendbucket
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: bucket
 - name: delete a backend bucket
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a backend bucket
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     name: bucket-backendbucket
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: bucket
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
index fbe4b69a3..38de23f78 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: delete a backend service
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_disk/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
index 5f81dd0d5..79ef475f7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a disk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
index a2cd62321..91c87db8b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_external_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       ip_address: 8.8.8.8
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a external vpn gateway
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       ip_address: 8.8.8.8
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       ip_address: 8.8.8.8
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       ip_address: 8.8.8.8
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       ip_address: 8.8.8.8
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/autogen.yml
index 42d0f124e..04393dbb7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a firewall
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/update.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/update.yml
index 3ebbd21d0..0eda28338 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/update.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_firewall/tasks/update.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a firewall
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     - test-ssh-clients
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
index 38c67df83..ebde3dd76 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a target pool
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: targetpool
 - name: delete a forwarding rule
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a forwarding rule
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: targetpool
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_address/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_address/tasks/autogen.yml
index ac99653fe..4276aa638 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_address/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_address/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a global address
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
index 38d5d85da..d6df59d1b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: globaladdress-globalforwardingrule
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: globaladdress
 - name: create a instance group
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: create a URL map
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: urlmap
 - name: create a target HTTP proxy
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: httpproxy
 - name: delete a global forwarding rule
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a global forwarding rule
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
     target: "{{ httpproxy.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: httpproxy
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: urlmap
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     name: globaladdress-globalforwardingrule
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: globaladdress
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
index a2374c559..b4bc37404 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a health check
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_http_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_http_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
index cbf8123d1..5f25a06dc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_http_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_http_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_https_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_https_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
index b53fb1dc4..ebb89d61a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_https_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_https_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a HTTPS health check
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_image/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_image/tasks/autogen.yml
index 40fa8704b..89c5fef4d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_image/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_image/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: disk
 - name: delete a image
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     source_disk: "{{ disk }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a image
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     source_disk: "{{ disk }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     source_disk: "{{ disk }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     source_disk: "{{ disk }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     source_disk: "{{ disk }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: disk
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index 5c19f7bfd..02d95cc97 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: disk
 - name: create a network
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: delete a instance
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: disk
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group/tasks/autogen.yml
index 30893e403..c13b4a5e9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancegroup
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance group
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     name: network-instancegroup
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8ce7668b5..be3c227a1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a instance template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancetemplate
 - name: delete a instance group manager
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     zone: us-west1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance group manager
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     zone: us-west1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       zone: us-west1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     zone: us-west1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     zone: us-west1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       zone: us-west1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     zone: us-west1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancetemplate
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_template/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_template/tasks/autogen.yml
index 441a45597..6cb8d64f0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_template/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_instance_template/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: delete a instance template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance template
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network/tasks/autogen.yml
index 74dae7892..9219386f5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network_endpoint_group/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network_endpoint_group/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8bf90de79..a613f09ef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network_endpoint_group/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_network_endpoint_group/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'false'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: network
 - name: create a subnetwork
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: subnetwork
 - name: delete a network endpoint group
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a network endpoint group
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: subnetwork
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'false'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: network
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_group/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_group/tasks/autogen.yml
index b5b07a2d8..4b55d9706 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_group/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_group/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: node_template
 - name: delete a node group
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     node_template: "{{ node_template }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a node group
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     node_template: "{{ node_template }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     node_template: "{{ node_template }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     node_template: "{{ node_template }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     node_template: "{{ node_template }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: node_template
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_template/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_template/tasks/autogen.yml
index cacc40bc5..8297027fb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_template/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_node_template/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a node template
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     node_type: n1-node-96-624
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
index ba64d6f03..933c110b8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_autoscaler/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a instance template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancetemplate
 - name: create a region instance group manager
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: igrm
 - name: delete a region autoscaler
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     target: "{{igrm.selfLink}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region autoscaler
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     target: "{{igrm.selfLink}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     target: "{{igrm.selfLink}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     target: "{{igrm.selfLink}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     target: "{{igrm.selfLink}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: igrm
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancetemplate
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
index 6fdb3fa2b..cd3e21ebd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_backend_service/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     timeout_sec: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: delete a region backend service
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     session_affinity: CLIENT_IP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region backend service
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     session_affinity: CLIENT_IP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     session_affinity: CLIENT_IP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     session_affinity: CLIENT_IP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     session_affinity: CLIENT_IP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     timeout_sec: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_disk/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
index 7a2e2e2cd..8e30419ff 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_disk/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{{ gcp_project }}/zones/us-central1-b
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region disk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{{ gcp_project }}/zones/us-central1-b
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{{ gcp_project }}/zones/us-central1-b
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{{ gcp_project }}/zones/us-central1-b
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{{ gcp_project }}/zones/us-central1-b
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
index 498e018f9..268eda112 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_health_check/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region health check
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8c7f188a2..1a8b07a95 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_instance_group_manager/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a instance template
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancetemplate
 - name: delete a region instance group manager
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region instance group manager
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     target_size: 3
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
           nat_ip: "{{ address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancetemplate
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     name: network-instancetemplate
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 9dcd75387..88ff1e4c9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     protocol: HTTP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     load_balancing_scheme: "EXTERNAL"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: urlmap
 - name: delete a region target HTTP proxy
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region target HTTP proxy
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   ignore_errors: true
 - name: delete a backend service
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     protocol: HTTP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     load_balancing_scheme: "EXTERNAL"
     state: present
   ignore_errors: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 9b52b77eb..89e91e40a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a region health check
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a region backend service
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: create a region URL map
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: urlmap
 - name: create a SSL certificate
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: sslcert
 - name: delete a region target HTTPS proxy
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region target HTTPS proxy
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: sslcert
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: urlmap
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     - "{{ healthcheck.selfLink }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
index 75e998c88..06ccec0db 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_region_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     protocol: HTTP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     load_balancing_scheme: "EXTERNAL"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a region URL map
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     protocol: HTTP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     load_balancing_scheme: "EXTERNAL"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_reservation/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_reservation/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8cf3a2558..145f37831 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_reservation/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_reservation/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         machine_type: n2-standard-2
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a reservation
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         machine_type: n2-standard-2
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         machine_type: n2-standard-2
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         machine_type: n2-standard-2
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         machine_type: n2-standard-2
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_resource_policy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_resource_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 0910e5bb0..161e7a88b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_resource_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_resource_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           start_time: '04:00'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a resource policy
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
           start_time: '04:00'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
           start_time: '04:00'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
           start_time: '04:00'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
           start_time: '04:00'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_route/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_route/tasks/autogen.yml
index bc32b3751..aab6cd944 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_route/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_route/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-route
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     - databases
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a route
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     - databases
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     - databases
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     - foobar
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     - databases
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     - databases
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     name: network-route
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_router/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_router/tasks/autogen.yml
index 0be0d142e..6003e7854 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_router/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_router/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-router
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a router
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     name: network-router
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_snapshot/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_snapshot/tasks/autogen.yml
index 64b4cb2e7..ffbdb2418 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_snapshot/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_snapshot/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: disk
 - name: delete a snapshot
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       my_label: value
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a snapshot
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       my_label: value
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       my_label: value
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       my_label: value
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       my_label: value
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: disk
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate/tasks/autogen.yml
index a8346cdeb..871715c1d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a SSL certificate
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_policy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 22bc04d28..551af9aea 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_ssl_policy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a SSL policy
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_subnetwork/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_subnetwork/tasks/autogen.yml
index 3ea133024..74917a3ec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_subnetwork/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_subnetwork/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: network
 - name: delete a subnetwork
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     ip_cidr_range: 172.16.0.0/16
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a subnetwork
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     ip_cidr_range: 172.16.0.0/16
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     ip_cidr_range: 172.16.0.0/16
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     ip_cidr_range: 172.16.0.0/16
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     ip_cidr_range: 172.16.0.0/16
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     auto_create_subnetworks: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: network
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 6e25237ce..a64c03a39 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_http_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: create a URL map
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: urlmap
 - name: delete a target HTTP proxy
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target HTTP proxy
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: urlmap
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 29b3ae0b0..62500b43d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_https_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: create a URL map
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: urlmap
 - name: create a SSL certificate
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: sslcert
 - name: delete a target HTTPS proxy
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target HTTPS proxy
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     url_map: "{{ urlmap }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: sslcert
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: urlmap
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index 53418569e..6f55e0dd1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instance
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instance
 - name: delete a target instance
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target instance
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instance
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     name: network-instance
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_pool/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
index 6fd609140..712ea705d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target pool
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 056e1f5ea..fad23db6d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a health check
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     protocol: SSL
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: create a SSL certificate
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: sslcert
 - name: delete a target SSL proxy
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target SSL proxy
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
       -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: sslcert
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     protocol: SSL
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
index 08a3ab467..47844d01d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a health check
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     protocol: TCP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: delete a target TCP proxy
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target TCP proxy
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     protocol: TCP
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
index 818f885bc..a23158d2b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a network
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     name: network-vpngateway
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a target vpn gateway
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       region: us-west1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     name: network-vpngateway
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     region: us-west1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8993b9e18..68b8fe492 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_url_map/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instancegroup
 - name: create a HTTP health check
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: healthcheck
 - name: create a backend service
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: backendservice
 - name: delete a URL map
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a URL map
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
          - name = {{ resource_name }}
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     default_service: "{{ backendservice }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     enable_cdn: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: backendservice
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     unhealthy_threshold: 5
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: healthcheck
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instancegroup
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel/tasks/autogen.yml
index 21c4c6933..7f86903a3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address
 - name: create a forward address
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: address_forwardingrule
 - name: create a network
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     name: network-vpn-tunnel
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: disk
 - name: create a instance
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: create a router
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: router
 - name: create a target vpn gateway
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: gateway
 - name: create a forwarding rule
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address_forwardingrule.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: create a UDP-500 forwarding rule
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address_forwardingrule.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: create a UDP-4500 forwarding rule
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address_forwardingrule.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: delete a vpn tunnel
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     shared_secret: super secret
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     peer_ip: "{{address.address}}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     shared_secret: super secret
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     peer_ip: "{{address.address}}"
     state: present
   register: result
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     shared_secret: super secret
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     shared_secret: super secret
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
   register: results
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     shared_secret: super secret
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   ignore_errors: true
   register: result
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
     ip_address: "{{ address.address }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   ignore_errors: true
   register: result
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
     ip_address: "104.197.5.203"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   ignore_errors: true
   register: result
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
     network: "{{ network }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: gateway
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: router
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 - name: delete a disk
   google.cloud.gcp_compute_disk:
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
     zone: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: disk
   ignore_errors: true
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
     name: network-vpn-tunnel
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: address
   ignore_errors: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_cluster/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_cluster/tasks/autogen.yml
index b8dedbe86..244369636 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_cluster/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_cluster/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a cluster
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       location: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       location: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "serviceaccount"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_node_pool/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_node_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
index e45251570..f3f5849fe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_node_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_container_node_pool/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: cluster
 - name: delete a node pool
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a node pool
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       location: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
       location: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     location: us-central1-a
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: cluster
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_managed_zone/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_managed_zone/tasks/autogen.yml
index 9c73f7714..70d72cc15 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_managed_zone/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_managed_zone/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a managed zone
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       dns_name: test.somewild2.example.com.
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite
   register: results
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       dns_name: test.somewild2.example.com.
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite
   register: results
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_resource_record_set/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_resource_record_set/tasks/autogen.yml
index a2b4d340e..b446727f5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_resource_record_set/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_dns_resource_record_set/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: managed_zone
 - name: delete a resource record set
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     - 40.5.6.7
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a resource record set
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     - 40.5.6.7
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       managed_zone: "{{ managed_zone }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite
   register: results
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     - 40.5.6.7
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     - 40.5.6.7
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       managed_zone: "{{ managed_zone }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite
   register: results
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     - 40.5.6.7
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     description: test zone
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: managed_zone
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_filestore_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_filestore_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index 9617679b3..4a4769d9b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_filestore_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_filestore_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       - MODE_IPV4
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       - MODE_IPV4
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-b
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       - MODE_IPV4
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
       - MODE_IPV4
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-b
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       - MODE_IPV4
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_role/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_role/tasks/autogen.yml
index b78a3dff2..d75420310 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_role/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_role/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - iam.roles.delete
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a role
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     - iam.roles.delete
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_iam_role_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/iam
   register: results
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     - iam.roles.delete
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     - storage.objects.list
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     - iam.roles.delete
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_iam_role_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/iam
   register: results
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     - iam.roles.delete
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_service_account/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_service_account/tasks/autogen.yml
index 367c9d8b9..ec14f7840 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_service_account/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_iam_service_account/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     display_name: My Ansible test key
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a service account
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     display_name: My Ansible test key
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_iam_service_account_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/iam
   register: results
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     display_name: My Ansible test key
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     display_name: My Ansible test key
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_iam_service_account_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/iam
   register: results
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     display_name: My Ansible test key
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_crypto_key/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_crypto_key/tasks/autogen.yml
index ef2252c86..dd7ed17b3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_crypto_key/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_crypto_key/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: keyring
 - name: delete a crypto key
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     key_ring: projects/{{ gcp_project }}/locations/us-central1/keyRings/key-key-ring
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a crypto key
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     key_ring: projects/{{ gcp_project }}/locations/us-central1/keyRings/key-key-ring
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       key_ring: "projects/{{ gcp_project }}/locations/us-central1/keyRings/key-key-ring"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudkms
   register: results
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     key_ring: projects/{{ gcp_project }}/locations/us-central1/keyRings/key-key-ring
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_key_ring/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_key_ring/tasks/autogen.yml
index 34999ab1b..0c52609df 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_key_ring/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_kms_key_ring/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a key ring
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       location: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudkms
   register: results
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     location: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_logging_metric/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_logging_metric/tasks/autogen.yml
index bc4de15cc..8d0f6c0f8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_logging_metric/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_logging_metric/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         offset: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a metric
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         offset: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_logging_metric_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         offset: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         offset: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_logging_metric_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         offset: 1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_model/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_model/tasks/autogen.yml
index 8b15c3ddb..1f115aa1e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_model/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_model/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     - us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a model
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     - us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_mlengine_model_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     - us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     - us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_mlengine_model_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     - us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_version/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_version/tasks/autogen.yml
index 2a9da56fc..fc0bff274 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_version/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_mlengine_version/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     online_prediction_console_logging: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: model
 - name: delete a version
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     deployment_uri: gs://ansible-cloudml-bucket/
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a version
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     deployment_uri: gs://ansible-cloudml-bucket/
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       model: "{{ model }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     deployment_uri: gs://ansible-cloudml-bucket/
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     deployment_uri: gs://ansible-cloudml-bucket/
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       model: "{{ model }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     deployment_uri: gs://ansible-cloudml-bucket/
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     online_prediction_console_logging: 'true'
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: model
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_subscription/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_subscription/tasks/autogen.yml
index be5852074..5aa60eef1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_subscription/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_subscription/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: topic-subscription
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: topic
 - name: delete a subscription
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     ack_deadline_seconds: 300
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a subscription
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     ack_deadline_seconds: 300
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_pubsub_subscription_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/pubsub
   register: results
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     ack_deadline_seconds: 300
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     ack_deadline_seconds: 300
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_pubsub_subscription_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/pubsub
   register: results
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     ack_deadline_seconds: 300
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     name: topic-subscription
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: topic
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_topic/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_topic/tasks/autogen.yml
index 5d811a1e0..4e5d4382d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_topic/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_pubsub_topic/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: test-topic1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a topic
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     name: test-topic1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_pubsub_topic_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/pubsub
   register: results
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     name: test-topic1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     name: test-topic1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_pubsub_topic_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/pubsub
   register: results
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     name: test-topic1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_redis_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_redis_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index 99805586c..1155fbd34 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_redis_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_redis_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: network-instance
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: present
   register: network
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       other_key: other_val
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       other_key: other_val
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       other_key: other_val
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       other_key: other_val
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       region: us-central1
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       other_key: other_val
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     name: network-instance
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     auto_create_subnetworks: true
     state: absent
   register: network
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_resourcemanager_project/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_resourcemanager_project/tasks/autogen.yml
index 539b3ace3..0c92900c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_resourcemanager_project/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_resourcemanager_project/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     id: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     parent:
       type: folder
       id: "{{ gcp_folder_id }}"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     id: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     parent:
       type: folder
       id: "{{ gcp_folder_id }}"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_resourcemanager_project_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       # choose 1000 projects so iterate past the deleted ones.
       page_size: 1000
       scopes:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     id: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     parent:
       type: folder
       id: "{{ gcp_folder_id }}"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     id: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     parent:
       type: folder
       id: "{{ gcp_folder_id }}"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_resourcemanager_project_info:
       project: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       # choose 1000 projects so iterate past the deleted ones.
       page_size: 1000
       scopes:
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     id: "{{ resource_prefix[0:30] }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     parent:
       type: folder
       id: "{{ gcp_folder_id }}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_config/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_config/tasks/autogen.yml
index b14ef65bc..08bba39b7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_config/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_config/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a config
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_runtimeconfig_config_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudruntimeconfig
   register: results
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_runtimeconfig_config_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudruntimeconfig
   register: results
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_variable/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_variable/tasks/autogen.yml
index fcfefb37a..5ea7d80e6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_variable/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_runtimeconfig_variable/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: config
 - name: delete a variable
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     text: example.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a variable
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     text: example.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       config: my-config
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudruntimeconfig
   register: results
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     text: example.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     text: example.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       config: my-config
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudruntimeconfig
   register: results
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     text: example.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     description: My config
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: config
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_serviceusage_service/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_serviceusage_service/tasks/autogen.yml
index 6db157360..c5f7f1e83 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_serviceusage_service/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_serviceusage_service/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: spanner.googleapis.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a service
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     name: spanner.googleapis.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_serviceusage_service_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     name: spanner.googleapis.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     name: spanner.googleapis.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_serviceusage_service_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     name: spanner.googleapis.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sourcerepo_repository/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sourcerepo_repository/tasks/autogen.yml
index adeff088f..da4942a15 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sourcerepo_repository/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sourcerepo_repository/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a repository
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_sourcerepo_repository_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_sourcerepo_repository_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_database/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_database/tasks/autogen.yml
index cf1b808cb..a3d8678d5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_database/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_database/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instance
 - name: delete a database
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a database
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #       instance: "{{ instance }}"
 #       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
 #       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-#       service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+#       service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
 #       scopes:
 #         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.admin
 #   register: results
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 #       instance: "{{ instance }}"
 #       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
 #       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-#       service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+#       service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
 #       scopes:
 #         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.admin
 #   register: results
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instance
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index fdf82dda2..8993c7282 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_spanner_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_spanner_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.admin
   register: results
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_spanner_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.admin
   register: results
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     config: regional-us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_database/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_database/tasks/autogen.yml
index 1661f839c..f6fa6eaec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_database/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_database/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instance
 - name: delete a database
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a database
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
       instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance.name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instance
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_instance/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
index cb1a4756d..7e49adbc3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_instance/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a instance
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_sql_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
   google.cloud.gcp_sql_instance_info:
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_ssl_cert/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_ssl_cert/tasks/autogen.yml
index cc22adcd5..78528c8b0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_ssl_cert/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_ssl_cert/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instance
 - name: delete a SSL cert
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     instance: "{{instance['name'}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a SSL cert
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     instance: "{{instance['name'}}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       instance: "{{instance['name'}}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instance
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_user/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_user/tasks/autogen.yml
index c5aace2c7..c655c5e36 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_user/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_sql_user/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: instance
 - name: delete a user
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a user
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       instance: "{{ instance }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       instance: "{{ instance }}"
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin
   register: results
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     instance: "{{ instance }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     region: us-central1
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: instance
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
index b6d83e4eb..d2f58c92c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a bucket
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket_access_control/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket_access_control/tasks/autogen.yml
index ebde9a323..a037a46b0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket_access_control/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_bucket_access_control/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: bucket
 - name: delete a bucket access control
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     role: WRITER
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a bucket access control
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     role: WRITER
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     role: WRITER
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     role: WRITER
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     role: WRITER
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: bucket
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_default_object_acl/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_default_object_acl/tasks/autogen.yml
index 6f091e9b9..77197a08d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_default_object_acl/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_default_object_acl/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: bucket
 - name: delete a default object acl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     entity: OWNER:user-alexstephen@google.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a default object acl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     entity: OWNER:user-alexstephen@google.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     entity: OWNER:user-alexstephen@google.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     entity: OWNER:user-alexstephen@google.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     entity: OWNER:user-alexstephen@google.com
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: bucket
   ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_object/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_object/tasks/main.yml
index 497d425a5..e96adcd06 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_object/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_storage_object/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: bucket
 #----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     dest: "ansible/{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
   assert:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     dest: "{{ download_temp.path }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
   assert:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     src: "ansible/{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
   assert:
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@
     name: "{{ resource_name }}"
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: bucket
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_tpu_node/tasks/autogen.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_tpu_node/tasks/autogen.yml
index e44d63226..140d1f229 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gcp_tpu_node/tasks/autogen.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gcp_tpu_node/tasks/autogen.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     cidr_block: 10.2.0.0/29
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 - name: create a node
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     cidr_block: 10.2.0.0/29
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     cidr_block: 10.2.0.0/29
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: present
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     cidr_block: 10.2.0.0/29
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is true
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       zone: us-central1-a
       project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
       auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+      service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
       scopes:
         - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
   register: results
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     cidr_block: 10.2.0.0/29
     project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
     auth_kind: "{{ gcp_cred_kind }}"
-    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file }}"
+    service_account_file: "{{ gcp_cred_file | default(omit) }}"
     state: absent
   register: result
 - name: assert changed is false