diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7ff3bf5f..a3aca6c6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ glance_service_in_ldap: false
 # Cinder packages that must be installed before anything else
 glance_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
   - httplib2
 
diff --git a/tasks/glance_install.yml b/tasks/glance_install.yml
index 0b4fe82c..ffae0c78 100644
--- a/tasks/glance_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/glance_install.yml
@@ -112,9 +112,13 @@
     - glance_get_venv | changed
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ glance_bin | dirname }}
+  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: