diff --git a/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.18.txt b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.18.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3c573db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.18.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugins/modules/certificate_request.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license
diff --git a/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.19.txt b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.19.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3c573db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.19.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugins/modules/certificate_request.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license
diff --git a/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.20.txt b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.20.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3c573db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.20.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugins/modules/certificate_request.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license
diff --git a/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.21.txt b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.21.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3c573db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sanity-ansible-ignore-2.21.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugins/modules/certificate_request.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license
diff --git a/module_utils/certificate_lsr/providers/base.py b/module_utils/certificate_lsr/providers/base.py
index b941fbeb..6e0cf30d 100644
--- a/module_utils/certificate_lsr/providers/base.py
+++ b/module_utils/certificate_lsr/providers/base.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import hashlib
 import os
+import sys
 import traceback
 
 try:
@@ -87,10 +88,9 @@ def __getattr__(self, value):
     HAS_PYASN1 = True
     PYASN1_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 
-if PY2:
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
     FileNotFoundError = IOError  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin