diff --git a/ansible/roles/octavia/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/octavia/defaults/main.yml
index 1a13e0ea3a..ec185b0126 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/octavia/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/octavia/defaults/main.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ octavia_api_default_volumes:
   - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
   - "{{ '/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro' if kolla_base_distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu'] else '' }}"
   - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
-  - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/octavia/octavia:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python' ~ distro_python_version ~ '/site-packages/octavia' }}"
+  - "{{ kolla_dev_repos_directory ~ '/octavia/octavia:/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python' ~ distro_python_version ~ '/site-packages/octavia' if octavia_dev_mode | bool else '' }}"
 octavia_health_manager_default_volumes:
   - "{{ node_config_directory }}/octavia-health-manager/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
   - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"