diff --git a/tasks/neutron_install.yml b/tasks/neutron_install.yml
index cf5d99a5..80cdf8c4 100644
--- a/tasks/neutron_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/neutron_install.yml
@@ -114,9 +114,12 @@
     - neutron_get_venv | changed
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ neutron_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ neutron_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ neutron_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ neutron_bin }}/*
   when: neutron_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Install optional pip packages
   pip:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index e2154863..8101828e 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ calico_felix_bin: /usr/local/bin/calico-felix
 
 neutron_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
   - httplib2