diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 342fea56..17ad8cea 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ horizon_listen_ports:
 # horizon packages that must be installed before anything else
 horizon_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
   - httplib2
 
diff --git a/tasks/horizon_install.yml b/tasks/horizon_install.yml
index 2791f5e0..147be256 100644
--- a/tasks/horizon_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/horizon_install.yml
@@ -151,9 +151,12 @@
     - horizon_get_venv | changed
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ horizon_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ horizon_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ horizon_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ horizon_bin }}/*
   when: horizon_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Create horizon link for venv
   file: