diff --git a/provisioning/requirements.yml b/provisioning/requirements.yml
index 18506a790..f9cf3d664 100644
--- a/provisioning/requirements.yml
+++ b/provisioning/requirements.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 - src: geerlingguy.php-tideways
   version: 2.2.0
 - src: geerlingguy.php-versions
-  version: 3.0.0
+  version: 3.1.0
 - src: geerlingguy.php-xdebug
   version: 2.5.1
 - src: geerlingguy.php-xhprof
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/.ansible-lint b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7ae1c6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+skip_list:
+  - '306'
+  - '503'
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/README.md b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/README.md
index 6e38be208..f639b3509 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/README.md
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ N/A
 
 Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see `defaults/main.yml`):
 
-    php_version: '7.7'
+    php_version: '7.2'
 
 The PHP version to be installed. Any [currently-supported PHP major version](http://php.net/supported-versions.php) is a valid option (e.g. `5.6`, `7.1`, `7.2`, `7.3`, etc.).
 
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.1.yml b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.1.yml
index d9b5f5aed..6cf74deb1 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.1.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.1.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 
   post_tasks:
     - name: Confirm PHP version is correct.
-      shell: "php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'"
+      shell: php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'
       changed_when: false
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.3.yml b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.3.yml
index b16c47f82..e6e55ca59 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.3.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook-7.3.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 
   post_tasks:
     - name: Confirm PHP version is correct.
-      shell: "php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'"
+      shell: php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'
       changed_when: false
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook.yml b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook.yml
index ccef7323a..6ae3076f8 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/molecule/default/playbook.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 
   post_tasks:
     - name: Confirm PHP version is correct.
-      shell: "php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'"
+      shell: php -v | grep -F '{{ php_version }}'
       changed_when: false
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
index ee4cbcd4b..85b2a590e 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
@@ -38,19 +38,14 @@
 
 - name: Update apt caches after repo is added (Debian).
   apt: update_cache=true
-  when: php_ondrej_debian_repo.changed and (ansible_distribution == "Debian")
+  when:
+    - php_ondrej_debian_repo.changed
+    - ansible_distribution == "Debian"
+  tags: ['skip_ansible_lint']
 
-# PHP package purges.
-- name: Purge PHP version packages.
+- name: Purge PHP version packages (besides the currently chosen php_version).
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: "{{ php_versions_debian | reject('search', 'php' ~ php_version) | list }}"
     state: absent
     purge: true
     force: true
-  with_items:
-    - php5.6-common
-    - php7.0-common
-    - php7.1-common
-    - php7.2-common
-    - php7.3-common
-  when: "'php' + php_version not in item"
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
index 5a7b475d1..fe4552029 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/geerlingguy.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ __php_packages:
   - "php{{ php_version }}-sqlite3"
   - "php{{ php_version }}-xml"
   - "php{{ php_version }}-yaml"
+
+php_versions_debian:
+  - php5.6-common
+  - php7.0-common
+  - php7.1-common
+  - php7.2-common
+  - php7.3-common