diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 11a5481..b0d1c60 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ watcher_keystone_auth_plugin: password
 # watcher packages that must be installed before anything else
 watcher_requires_pip_packages:
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
   - python-keystoneclient # Keystoneclient needed to OSA keystone lib
   - httplib2
 
diff --git a/tasks/watcher_install.yml b/tasks/watcher_install.yml
index de223a1..c28913e 100644
--- a/tasks/watcher_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/watcher_install.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
   notify: Restart watcher services
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ watcher_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ watcher_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ watcher_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ watcher_bin }}/*
   when: watcher_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint