diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 96e7a79..4abea6e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ molteniron_requires_pip_packages:
   - sqlalchemy
   - sqlalchemy_utils
   - virtualenv
-  - virtualenv-tools
 
 # Common pip packages
 molteniron_pip_packages:
diff --git a/tasks/molteniron_install.yml b/tasks/molteniron_install.yml
index f6026c7..07ab696 100644
--- a/tasks/molteniron_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/molteniron_install.yml
@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@
   when: molteniron_developer_mode | bool
 
 - name: Update virtualenv path
-  command: >
-    virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ molteniron_bin | dirname }}
+  shell: |
+    find {{ molteniron_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
+    sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ molteniron_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ molteniron_bin }}/*
   when:
     - not molteniron_developer_mode | bool
-    - molteniron_get_venv | changed or molteniron_venv_dir | changed
+    - molteniron_get_venv | changed
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Record the venv tag deployed
   ini_file: