diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 347f4ef..74875da 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ repo_build_release_tag: "untagged"
 repo_build_global_links_path: "{{ repo_build_base_path }}/links"
 repo_build_release_version_path: "os-releases/{{ repo_build_release_tag }}"
 repo_build_release_path: "{{ repo_build_base_path }}/{{ repo_build_release_version_path }}/{{ repo_build_os_distro_version }}"
-repo_build_dir: "/opt/openstack-builder"
-repo_build_output: "/opt/openstack-wheel-output"
+repo_build_dir: "/tmp/openstack-builder"
+repo_build_output: "/tmp/openstack-wheel-output"
 repo_build_git_dir: "{{ repo_build_base_path }}/openstackgit"
 repo_build_pool_dir: "{{ repo_build_base_path }}/pools/{{ repo_build_os_distro_version }}"
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ repo_build_pip_default_index: "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
 
 repo_build_timeout: 120
 repo_build_concurrency: "{{ (((ansible_processor_vcpus|default(1)) | int) > 4) | ternary(8, 4) }}"
-repo_build_venv_build_dir: "/opt/openstack-venv-builder"
+repo_build_venv_build_dir: "/tmp/openstack-venv-builder"
 repo_build_venv_dir: "{{ repo_build_base_path }}/venvs/{{ repo_build_release_tag }}/{{ repo_build_os_distro_version }}"
 
 # We use find-links here in order to prefer the locally
diff --git a/templates/venv-build-script.sh.j2 b/templates/venv-build-script.sh.j2
index ca7a23f..39272f0 100644
--- a/templates/venv-build-script.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/venv-build-script.sh.j2
@@ -62,16 +62,13 @@ pushd "{{ repo_build_venv_dir }}" &>/dev/null
     [[ -d "${ROLE_VENV_PATH}" ]] && rm -rf "${ROLE_VENV_PATH}"
 
     # If the pip build directory already exists, remove it
-    [[ -d "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}" ]] && rm -rf "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
+    [[ -d "/tmp/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}" ]] && rm -rf "/tmp/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
 
     # Create the virtualenv shell
     ${VENV_CREATE_COMMAND} "${ROLE_VENV_PATH}" &>${ROLE_VENV_LOG}
 
     # Create the pip build directory
-    mkdir -p "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
-
-    # Disable COW attributes on the build directory
-    chattr -R +C "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}" || true
+    mkdir -p "/tmp/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
 
     # Activate the python virtual environment for good measure
     source "${ROLE_VENV_PATH}/bin/activate"
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ pushd "{{ repo_build_venv_dir }}" &>/dev/null
     ${ROLE_VENV_PATH}/bin/pip install \
         --disable-pip-version-check \
         --quiet --quiet \
-        --build "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}" \
+        --build "/tmp/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}" \
         ${PIP_INSTALL_OPTIONS} \
         ${PIP_INDEX_OPTIONS} \
         ${ROLE_VENV_REQUIREMENTS} \
@@ -116,9 +113,10 @@ pushd "{{ repo_build_venv_dir }}" &>/dev/null
 
     # Delete working directories
     rm -rf "${ROLE_VENV_PATH}"
-    rm -rf "/opt/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
+    rm -rf "/tmp/${ROLE_VENV_FILE}"
 
 popd &>/dev/null
 
 # Output the end of the build
 echo "done"
+