diff --git a/tripleoclient/utils.py b/tripleoclient/utils.py
index e41818ad4..4e0f479ce 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/utils.py
@@ -629,14 +629,6 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(playbook, inventory, workdir, playbook_dir=None,
 
         runner_config = ansible_runner.runner_config.RunnerConfig(**r_opts)
         runner_config.prepare()
-        # NOTE(cloudnull): overload the output callback after prepare
-        #                  to define the specific format we want.
-        #                  This is only required until PR
-        #                  https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/387
-        #                  is merged and released. After this PR has been
-        #                  made available to us, this line should be removed.
-        runner_config.env['ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK'] = \
-            r_opts['envvars']['ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK']
         runner = ansible_runner.Runner(config=runner_config)
 
         if reproduce_command:
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v2/tripleo_container_image.py b/tripleoclient/v2/tripleo_container_image.py
index a6ee06e21..46d18f34f 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v2/tripleo_container_image.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v2/tripleo_container_image.py
@@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ class Build(command.Command):
                 workdir=tmp,
                 playbook_dir=tmp,
                 extra_env_variables={
-                    "ANSIBLE_FORKS": len(tcib_inventory_hosts.keys())
+                    "ANSIBLE_FORKS": len(tcib_inventory_hosts.keys()),
+                    "ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER": "{{ansible_playbook_python}}"
                 },
                 verbosity=utils.playbook_verbosity(self=self),
             )