diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index cadf5d8c..2fd1392d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ ironic_tftp_server_address: "{{ ansible_host }}"
 
 ironic_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed for the OSA keystone lib
   - httplib2 # for Ansible's uri module
 
diff --git a/tasks/ironic_install.yml b/tasks/ironic_install.yml
index 647e0df5..b4a3a7c1 100644
--- a/tasks/ironic_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ironic_install.yml
@@ -109,9 +109,12 @@
     - ironic_get_venv | changed
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ ironic_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ ironic_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ ironic_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ ironic_bin }}/*
   when: ironic_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Record the venv tag deployed
   ini_file: