diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 46530ec89..3cea02b52 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Hold back to 1.4, since that's what's in Fedora 20 repos
 # and we don't need anything newer for nova-specs tests
 minversion = 1.4
-envlist = docs,py27,pep8
+envlist = docs,pep8
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = find
-commands =
-  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-  python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}
@@ -27,6 +24,8 @@ commands =
 [testenv:pep8]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
   flake8 {posargs}
 
 [flake8]