diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 468255cb..f06b269f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ ceilometer_requires_pip_packages:
   - httplib2
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
 
 # Common pip packages
 ceilometer_pip_packages:
diff --git a/tasks/ceilometer_install.yml b/tasks/ceilometer_install.yml
index 77052925..090c9c0c 100644
--- a/tasks/ceilometer_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceilometer_install.yml
@@ -125,9 +125,13 @@
     - ceilometer_get_venv | changed
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ ceilometer_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ ceilometer_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ ceilometer_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ ceilometer_bin }}/*
+    virtualenv {{ ceilometer_bin | dirname }}
   when: ceilometer_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Record the venv tag deployed
   ini_file: