diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index 46d6094c..d37c0f80 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ virtualenv -p python${PYTHON_VER} /tmp/ansible
 
 # Explicitly install pbr first as this will use pip rathat than
 # easy_install. Hope is this is generally more reliable.
-/tmp/ansible/bin/${PIP} install pbr
-/tmp/ansible/bin/${PIP} install ansible==$ANSIBLE_VERSION \
+/tmp/ansible/bin/pip install pbr
+/tmp/ansible/bin/pip install ansible==$ANSIBLE_VERSION \
                 devstack-tools==$DSTOOLS_VERSION 'ara<1.0.0' 'cmd2<0.9.0'
 export ANSIBLE=/tmp/ansible/bin/ansible
 export ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK=/tmp/ansible/bin/ansible-playbook