diff --git a/roles/validate-tempest/tasks/pre-tempest.yml b/roles/validate-tempest/tasks/pre-tempest.yml
index 73f2c688a..50f9a253a 100644
--- a/roles/validate-tempest/tasks/pre-tempest.yml
+++ b/roles/validate-tempest/tasks/pre-tempest.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@
   package: name=python-stestr state=present
   when: tempest_format in ['container', 'packages'] and release not in ['newton', 'ocata']
 
-- name: Install pip
-  easy_install:
-    name: pip
-    state: present
-  become: true
-
 - ignore_errors: true
   block:
     - name: Copying bugcheck files