diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 3fcc4bea..ec3b3717 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
   until: _stop | success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen:
-    - "Restart glance services"
-    - "venv changed"
+  listen: "Restart glance services"
 
 # TODO(odyssey4me):
 # Assuming glance-registry is removed in the S cycle as planned, this
@@ -84,9 +82,7 @@
     - "/etc/systemd/system/{{ glance_services['glance-registry']['service_name'] }}.service"
   when:
     - not glance_services['glance-registry']['condition']
-  listen:
-    - "Restart glance services"
-    - "venv changed"
+  listen: "Restart glance services"
 
 # Note (odyssey4me):
 # The policy.json file is currently read continually by the services
@@ -104,9 +100,7 @@
     group: "{{ glance_system_group_name }}"
     mode: "0640"
     remote_src: yes
-  listen:
-    - "Restart glance services"
-    - "venv changed"
+  listen: "Restart glance services"
 
 - name: Start services
   service:
@@ -119,9 +113,7 @@
   until: _start | success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen:
-    - "Restart glance services"
-    - "venv changed"
+  listen: "Restart glance services"
 
 - meta: noop
   listen: Manage LB
diff --git a/tasks/glance_install.yml b/tasks/glance_install.yml
index 3bc1b6bf..7bcd566c 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install.yml
@@ -103,30 +103,113 @@
       {% endfor %}
   when: glance_developer_mode | bool
 
-- name: Build/install the python venv
-  include_role:
-    name: "python_venv_build"
-    private: yes
-  vars:
-    distro_package_list: "{{ glance_distro_packages }}"
-    host_pip_packages: "{{ glance_requires_pip_packages }}"
-    venv_pip_packages: "{{ glance_pip_packages }}"
-    host_pip_install_args: >-
+- name: Install requires pip packages
+  pip:
+    name: "{{ glance_requires_pip_packages }}"
+    state: "{{ glance_pip_package_state }}"
+    extra_args: >-
       {{ glance_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-    venv_pip_install_args: >-
+  register: install_packages
+  until: install_packages|success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+
+- name: Retrieve checksum for venv download
+  uri:
+    url: "{{ glance_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum') }}"
+    return_content: yes
+  register: glance_venv_checksum
+  when: glance_venv_download | bool
+
+- name: Attempt venv download
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ glance_venv_download_url }}"
+    dest: "/var/cache/{{ glance_venv_download_url | basename }}"
+    checksum: "sha1:{{ glance_venv_checksum.content | trim }}"
+  register: glance_get_venv
+  when: glance_venv_download | bool
+
+- name: Remove existing venv
+  file:
+    path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: glance_get_venv | changed
+
+- name: Create glance venv dir
+  file:
+    path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    state: directory
+  register: glance_venv_dir
+  when: glance_get_venv | changed
+
+- name: Unarchive pre-built venv
+  unarchive:
+    src: "/var/cache/{{ glance_venv_download_url | basename }}"
+    dest: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    copy: "no"
+  when: glance_get_venv | changed
+  notify:
+    - Manage LB
+    - Restart glance services
+
+- name: Install pip packages
+  pip:
+    name: "{{ glance_pip_packages }}"
+    state: "{{ glance_pip_package_state }}"
+    virtualenv: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
+    virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
+    extra_args: >-
       {{ glance_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-    venv_destination_path: "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}"
-    venv_facts_when_changed:
-      - section: "glance"
-        option: "need_service_restart"
-        value: True
-      - section: "glance"
-        option: "venv_tag"
-        value: "{{ glance_venv_tag }}"
+  register: install_packages
+  until: install_packages|success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  when: glance_get_venv | failed or glance_get_venv | skipped
+  notify:
+    - Manage LB
+    - Restart glance services
+
+- name: Remove python from path first (CentOS, openSUSE)
+  file:
+    path:  "{{ glance_bin | dirname }}/bin/python2.7"
+    state: "absent"
+  when:
+    - ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
+    - glance_get_venv | changed
+
+- name: Update virtualenv path
+  shell: |
+    find {{ glance_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ glance_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ glance_bin }}/*
+    virtualenv {{ glance_bin | dirname }}
+  when: glance_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
+
+- name: Record the need for a service restart
+  ini_file:
+    dest: "/etc/ansible/facts.d/openstack_ansible.fact"
+    section: glance
+    option: need_service_restart
+    value: True
+  when: (glance_get_venv | changed) or
+        (glance_venv_dir | changed) or
+        (install_packages | changed) or
+        (ansible_local is not defined) or
+        ('openstack_ansible' not in ansible_local) or
+        ('glance' not in ansible_local['openstack_ansible']) or
+        ('need_service_restart' not in ansible_local['openstack_ansible']['glance'])
+
+- name: Record the venv tag deployed
+  ini_file:
+    dest: "/etc/ansible/facts.d/openstack_ansible.fact"
+    section: glance
+    option: venv_tag
+    value: "{{ glance_venv_tag }}"
 
 - name: Create TEMP run dir
   file: