diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
index bdf41d13fdf41..bec434c268c6b 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-openshift-ansible.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ objects:
         #!/bin/bash
         set -euo pipefail
 
-        trap 'rc=$?; gzip /tmp/artifacts/*.log; if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then touch /tmp/shared/exit; fi; exit $rc' EXIT
+        trap 'rc=$?; if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then touch /tmp/shared/exit; fi; exit $rc' EXIT
         trap 'kill $(jobs -p); exit 0' TERM
 
         cd /usr/share/ansible/openshift-ansible/
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ objects:
         ansible-playbook -vvv \
           -e "openshift_test_repo=${RPM_REPO_OPENSHIFT_ORIGIN}" \
           -i test/ci/inventory \
-          test/ci/launch.yml | tee -a /tmp/artifacts/ansible.log
+          test/ci/launch.yml
 
         # Create a new cluster-admin user
         ansible -i test/ci/inventory "masters[0]" -m command \
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-upgrade.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-upgrade.yaml
index 2c5c9dd32aea5..e8b61b345f73f 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e-upgrade.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e.yaml
index accb4b6e89690..7c762597525bf 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-e2e.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ objects:
     annotations:
       # we want to gather the teardown logs no matter what
       ci-operator.openshift.io/wait-for-container-artifacts: teardown
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/always-show-output: "true"
   spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     activeDeadlineSeconds: 10800