diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index cbe2847..9c57511 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ tacker_service_in_ldap: false
 # packages that must be installed before anything else
 tacker_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
 
 ## Common pip packages
diff --git a/tasks/tacker_install.yml b/tasks/tacker_install.yml
index e0713df..14d88e5 100644
--- a/tasks/tacker_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/tacker_install.yml
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@
     - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto {{ tacker_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ tacker_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ tacker_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ tacker_bin }}/*
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
   when:
     - not tacker_developer_mode | bool
     - tacker_get_venv | success