diff --git a/tripleoclient/constants.py b/tripleoclient/constants.py
index bf575fcee..01534d798 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/constants.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/constants.py
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ TRIPLEO_STATIC_INVENTORY = 'tripleo-ansible-inventory.yaml'
 
 ANSIBLE_INVENTORY = os.path.join(DEFAULT_WORK_DIR,
                                  '{}/', TRIPLEO_STATIC_INVENTORY)
+
 ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR = (
-    os.path.join(DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_LEGACY_BASEDIR, 'playbooks')
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_LEGACY_BASEDIR,
-                                   'playbooks'))
-    else "/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks"
-    )
+    "/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks"
+    if os.path.exists("/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks")
+    else os.path.join(DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_LEGACY_BASEDIR,
+                      'playbooks'))
 
 ANSIBLE_TRIPLEO_PLAYBOOKS = \
     '/usr/share/ansible/tripleo-playbooks'