diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 8c26061a2bf2..46a20d0d320f 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
       post-test scripts to ensure those scripts are still working,
       e.g. archive_deleted_rows. In Queens, this job started testing the
       TLS console proxy code in the libvirt driver.
+      Starting in Stein, the job was changed to run with python 3.
     run: playbooks/legacy/nova-next/run.yaml
     post-run: playbooks/legacy/nova-next/post.yaml
 
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/nova-next/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/nova-next/run.yaml
index e24fdadac14c..b8d5175f3fc8 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/nova-next/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/nova-next/run.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
       environment: '{{ zuul | zuul_legacy_vars }}'
 
     - shell:
-        # TODO(mriedem): Consider setting USE_PYTHON3=True here to make this
-        # job run under python 3.5 which is a "next" type thing.
-
         # Enable TLS between the noVNC proxy & compute nodes; this requires
         # the tls-proxy service to be enabled.
 
@@ -43,6 +40,7 @@
           NOVA_USE_SERVICE_TOKEN=True
           NOVA_CONSOLE_PROXY_COMPUTE_TLS=True
           PLACEMENT_DB_ENABLED=True
+          USE_PYTHON3=True
 
           [[post-config|$NOVA_CONF]]
           [compute]