diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8d0a57b..68c1226 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,19 @@ designate_developer_mode: False
 designate_developer_constraints:
   - "git+{{ designate_git_repo }}@{{ designate_git_install_branch }}#egg=designate"
 
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# This can be simplified once all the roles are using
+# python_venv_build. We can then switch to using a
+# set of constraints in pip.conf inside the venv,
+# perhaps prepared by giving a giving a list of
+# constraints to the role.
+designate_pip_install_args: >-
+  {{ designate_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
+  {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''), '') }}
+  {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
+
 # Name of the virtual env to deploy into
-designate_venv_tag: untagged
+designate_venv_tag: "{{ venv_tag | default('untagged') }}"
 designate_bin: "{{ _designate_bin }}"
 
 # Set the etc dir path where designate is installed.
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 2aad106..9c45783 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
   until: _stop is success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen: Restart designate services
+  listen:
+    - "Restart designate services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 # Note (odyssey4me):
 # The policy.json file is currently read continually by the services
@@ -41,7 +43,9 @@
     group: "{{ designate_system_group_name }}"
     mode: "0640"
     remote_src: yes
-  listen: Restart designate services
+  listen:
+    - "Restart designate services"
+    - "venv changed"
 
 - name: Start services
   systemd:
@@ -52,4 +56,6 @@
   until: _start is success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  listen: Restart designate services
+  listen:
+    - "Restart designate services"
+    - "venv changed"
diff --git a/tasks/designate_install_source.yml b/tasks/designate_install_source.yml
index 170a338..1d0660e 100644
--- a/tasks/designate_install_source.yml
+++ b/tasks/designate_install_source.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Install designate distro packages
-  package:
-    name: "{{ designate_developer_mode_distro_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ designate_package_state }}"
-    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
-    cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
-  when: designate_developer_mode | bool
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages|success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# This can be simplified once all the roles are using
+# python_venv_build. We can then switch to using a
+# set of constraints in pip.conf inside the venv,
+# perhaps prepared by giving a giving a list of
+# constraints to the role.
 - name: Create developer mode constraint file
   copy:
     dest: "/opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt"
@@ -34,108 +28,23 @@
       {% endfor %}
   when: designate_developer_mode | bool
 
-- name: Retrieve checksum for venv download
-  uri:
-    url: "{{ designate_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum') }}"
-    return_content: yes
-  register: designate_venv_checksum
-  when: designate_venv_download | bool
-
-- name: Attempt venv download
-  get_url:
-    url: "{{ designate_venv_download_url }}"
-    dest: "/var/cache/{{ designate_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    checksum: "sha1:{{ designate_venv_checksum.content | trim }}"
-  register: designate_get_venv
-  when: designate_venv_download | bool
-
-- name: Remove existing venv
-  file:
-    path: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
-    state: absent
-  when: designate_get_venv is changed
-
-- name: Create designate venv dir
-  file:
-    path: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
-    state: directory
-    mode: "0755"
-  register: designate_venv_dir
-  when: designate_get_venv is changed
-
-- name: Unarchive pre-built venv
-  unarchive:
-    src: "/var/cache/{{ designate_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    dest: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
-    copy: "no"
-  when: designate_get_venv is changed
-  notify:
-    - Restart designate services
-
-- name: Install pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ designate_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ designate_pip_package_state }}"
-    virtualenv: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
-    virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-    extra_args: >-
-      {{ designate_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
-      {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
-      {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-  when: designate_get_venv | failed or designate_get_venv | skipped
-  notify:
-    - Restart designate services
-
-- name: Remove python from path first (CentOS, openSUSE)
-  file:
-    path:  "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}/bin/python2.7"
-    state: "absent"
+- name: Ensure remote wheel building is disabled in developer mode
+  set_fact:
+    venv_build_host: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
   when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
-    - not designate_developer_mode | bool
-    - designate_get_venv is changed
+    - designate_developer_mode | bool
 
-# NOTE(odyssey4me):
-# We reinitialize the venv to ensure that the right
-# version of python is in the venv, but we do not
-# want virtualenv to also replace pip, setuptools
-# and wheel so we tell it not to.
-# We do not use --always-copy for CentOS/SuSE due
-# to https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/565
-- name: Update virtualenv path
-  shell: |
-    find {{ designate_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
-    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ designate_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ designate_bin }}/*
-    virtualenv {{ designate_bin | dirname }} \
-        {{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('--always-copy', '') }} \
-        --no-pip \
-        --no-setuptools \
-        --no-wheel
-  when: designate_get_venv is changed
-  tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint
-
-- name: Install optional pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ designate_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ designate_pip_package_state }}"
-    virtualenv: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
-    virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-  when: designate_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled
-  register: install_optional_packages
-  until: install_optional_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-  notify:
-    - Restart designate services
-
-- name: Record the venv tag deployed
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "/etc/ansible/facts.d/openstack_ansible.fact"
-    section: designate
-    option: venv_tag
-    value: "{{ designate_venv_tag }}"
+- name: Install the python venv
+  include_role:
+    name: "python_venv_build"
+    private: yes
+  vars:
+    venv_build_distro_package_list: "{{ designate_devel_distro_packages }}"
+    venv_install_destination_path: "{{ designate_bin | dirname }}"
+    venv_install_distro_package_list: "{{ designate_distro_packages }}"
+    venv_pip_install_args: "{{ designate_pip_install_args }}"
+    venv_pip_packages: "{{ (designate_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled | bool) | ternary(designate_pip_packages + designate_optional_oslomsg_amqp1_pip_packages, designate_pip_packages) }}"
+    venv_facts_when_changed:
+      - section: "designate"
+        option: "venv_tag"
+        value: "{{ designate_venv_tag }}"
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index ab0ef2f..673546d 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ designate_service_distro_packages:
 designate_rndc_packages:
   - bind
 
-designate_developer_mode_distro_packages:
+designate_devel_distro_packages:
   - systemd-devel
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index 5ca1fb6..6a7f2e0 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ designate_service_distro_packages:
 designate_rndc_packages:
   - bind-utils
 
-designate_developer_mode_distro_packages:
+designate_devel_distro_packages:
   - pkg-config
   - systemd-devel
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index ed6389a..9739ee1 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ designate_service_distro_packages:
 designate_rndc_packages:
   - bind9utils
 
-designate_developer_mode_distro_packages:
+designate_devel_distro_packages:
   - build-essential
   - libsystemd-dev
   - pkg-config