diff --git a/vars/source_install.yml b/vars/source_install.yml
index 6d65a87b..d1640bba 100644
--- a/vars/source_install.yml
+++ b/vars/source_install.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ horizon_package_list: "{{ horizon_distro_packages }}"
 _horizon_bin: "/openstack/venvs/horizon-{{ horizon_venv_tag }}/bin"
 
 #NOTE(jrosser) for compatibility with py2 and py3 we detect the location of
-#this dir during the source install and set a fact
+#this dir during the source install and set a fact(horizon_lib_dir)
 #_horizon_lib_dir: "{{ _horizon_bin | dirname }}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"
+horizon_dashboard_panel_dir: "{{ horizon_lib_dir }}/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled"
 
 horizon_manage: "{{ _horizon_bin }}/horizon-manage.py"
-horizon_dashboard_panel_dir: "{{ _horizon_lib_dir }}/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled"
 _dashboard_panels_location:
   - "/enabled"
   - "/conf"