diff --git a/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/commandRunner.ts b/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/commandRunner.ts
index 00e8ba3ab..a929c4c61 100644
--- a/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/commandRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/commandRunner.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { URI } from "vscode-uri";
 import { Connection } from "vscode-languageserver";
 import { withInterpreter, asyncExec } from "./misc";
-import { getAnsibleCommandExecPath } from "./execPath";
+import {
+  getAnsibleCommandExecPath,
+  replaceWorkspaceFolderInPath,
+} from "./execPath";
 import { WorkspaceFolderContext } from "../services/workspaceManager";
 import { ExtensionSettings } from "../interfaces/extensionSettings";
 
@@ -33,20 +36,16 @@ export class CommandRunner {
     let command: string | undefined;
     let runEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined;
     const isEEEnabled = this.settings.executionEnvironment.enabled;
-    let interpreterPathFromConfig = this.settings.python.interpreterPath;
-    if (interpreterPathFromConfig.includes("${workspaceFolder}")) {
-      const workspaceFolder = URI.parse(this.context.workspaceFolder.uri).path;
-      interpreterPathFromConfig = interpreterPathFromConfig.replace(
-        "${workspaceFolder}",
-        workspaceFolder,
-      );
-    }
+    const interpreterPathFromConfig = replaceWorkspaceFolderInPath(
+      this.settings.python.interpreterPath,
+      this.context,
+    );
 
     const interpreterPath = isEEEnabled ? "python3" : interpreterPathFromConfig;
     if (executable.startsWith("ansible")) {
       executablePath = isEEEnabled
         ? executable
-        : getAnsibleCommandExecPath(executable, this.settings);
+        : getAnsibleCommandExecPath(executable, this.settings, this.context);
     } else {
       executablePath = executable;
     }
diff --git a/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/execPath.ts b/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/execPath.ts
index af9735a93..a7989ea53 100644
--- a/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/execPath.ts
+++ b/packages/ansible-language-server/src/utils/execPath.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // utils function to resolve executable path
+import { URI } from "vscode-uri";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { ExtensionSettings } from "../interfaces/extensionSettings";
+import { WorkspaceFolderContext } from "../services/workspaceManager";
 
 /**
  * A method to return the path to the provided executable
@@ -11,8 +13,25 @@ import { ExtensionSettings } from "../interfaces/extensionSettings";
 export function getAnsibleCommandExecPath(
   name: string,
   settings: ExtensionSettings,
+  context: WorkspaceFolderContext,
 ): string {
-  return name === "ansible-lint"
-    ? settings.validation.lint.path
-    : path.join(path.dirname(settings.ansible.path), name);
+  let pathFromConfig =
+    name === "ansible-lint"
+      ? settings.validation.lint.path
+      : path.join(path.dirname(settings.ansible.path), name);
+  return replaceWorkspaceFolderInPath(pathFromConfig, context);
+}
+
+export function replaceWorkspaceFolderInPath(
+  pathFromConfig: string,
+  context: WorkspaceFolderContext,
+): string {
+  if (pathFromConfig.includes("${workspaceFolder}")) {
+    const workspaceFolder = URI.parse(this.context.workspaceFolder.uri).path;
+    pathFromConfig = pathFromConfig.replace(
+      "${workspaceFolder}",
+      workspaceFolder,
+    );
+  }
+  return pathFromConfig;
 }