diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ecfeb09155e9..8b6e8342cec1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ commands =
   {[testenv:functional]commands}
 
 [testenv:api-samples]
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 setenv =
   {[testenv]setenv}
   GENERATE_SAMPLES=True
   PYTHONHASHSEED=0
+deps = {[testenv:functional]deps}
 commands =
   stestr --test-path=./nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests run {posargs}
   stestr slowest