diff --git a/tasks/glance_install.yml b/tasks/glance_install.yml
index 0a226953..b14b2654 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@
 - name: Update virtualenv path
   command: >
     virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto {{ glance_bin | dirname }}
+  when:
+    - not glance_developer_mode | bool
+    - glance_get_venv | success
   tags:
     - glance-install
     - glance-pip-packages
-