diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 13fe8dad558..7891beaf2c6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ commands =
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=./neutron/tests/functional
 commands =
   python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
-whitelist_externals = bash
 
 [tox:jenkins]
 sitepackages = True
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ commands =
   flake8
   neutron-db-manage check_migration
   bash -c "find neutron -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
+whitelist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:i18n]
 commands = python ./tools/check_i18n.py ./neutron ./tools/i18n_cfg.py