diff --git a/roles/ensure-pip/tasks/Debian.yaml b/roles/ensure-pip/tasks/Debian.yaml
index 5ddd46dd1..b108d7013 100644
--- a/roles/ensure-pip/tasks/Debian.yaml
+++ b/roles/ensure-pip/tasks/Debian.yaml
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@
       - python3-wheel
   become: yes
 
-# Debian packages venv separately, so make sure we are installing it for
-# all requested versions
-- name: Install venv for all versions
-  package:
-    name: "{{ ensure_pip_from_upstream_interpreters | product(['-venv']) | map('join') | list  }}"
-  become: yes
-  # Be flexible in case the platform doesn't have the requested package
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
 - name: Install Python 2 pip
   package:
     name: