diff --git a/refstack_client/list_parser.py b/refstack_client/list_parser.py
index 5106a2a..42905c9 100644
--- a/refstack_client/list_parser.py
+++ b/refstack_client/list_parser.py
@@ -165,34 +165,6 @@ class TestListParser(object):
         if os.path.isfile(file_path):
             os.remove(file_path)
 
-    def setup_venv(self, log_level):
-        """If for some reason the virtualenv for Tempest has not been
-        set up, then install it. This is to ensure that 'testr list-tests'
-        works.
-
-        :param log_level: integer denoting the log level (e.g. logging.DEBUG)
-        """
-        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.tempest_dir, ".venv")):
-            self.logger.info("Installing Tempest virtualenv. This may take "
-                             "a while.")
-            cmd = ('python',
-                   os.path.join(self.tempest_dir, "tools/install_venv.py"))
-
-            # Only show installation messages if the logging level is DEBUG.
-            if log_level <= logging.DEBUG:
-                stdout = None
-            else:
-                stdout = open(os.devnull, 'w')
-
-            process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=self.tempest_dir,
-                                       stdout=stdout)
-            process.communicate()
-
-            if process.returncode != 0:
-                self.logger.error("Error installing Tempest virtualenv.")
-                raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(process.returncode,
-                                                    ' '.join(cmd))
-
     def get_normalized_test_list(self, list_location):
         """This will take in the user's test list and will normalize it
         so that the test cases in the list map to actual full test IDS in
diff --git a/refstack_client/refstack_client.py b/refstack_client/refstack_client.py
index 0ebfcc0..9d87d13 100755
--- a/refstack_client/refstack_client.py
+++ b/refstack_client/refstack_client.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class RefstackClient:
         self.logger.info("Starting Tempest test...")
         start_time = time.time()
 
-        # Run the tempest run command, conf file specified at _prep_test method
+        # Run tempest run command, conf file specified at _prep_test method
         # Use virtual environment (wrapper script)
         # Run the tests serially if parallel not enabled (--serial).
         wrapper = os.path.join(self.tempest_dir, 'tools', 'with_venv.sh')
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ class RefstackClient:
             self.logger.info("Normalizing test list...")
             parser = TestListParser(os.path.abspath(self.tempest_dir),
                                     insecure=self.args.insecure)
-            parser.setup_venv(self.logger.getEffectiveLevel())
             # get whitelist
             list_file = parser.create_whitelist(self.args.test_list)
             if list_file:
diff --git a/refstack_client/tests/unit/test_list_parser.py b/refstack_client/tests/unit/test_list_parser.py
index 8ba0a7a..b6b1739 100644
--- a/refstack_client/tests/unit/test_list_parser.py
+++ b/refstack_client/tests/unit/test_list_parser.py
@@ -170,23 +170,6 @@ class TestTestListParser(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(test_ids, testcase_list)
 
-    def test_setup_venv(self):
-        """Test whether the proper script is called to setup a virtualenv."""
-        process_mock = mock.Mock(returncode=0)
-        subprocess.Popen = mock.Mock(return_value=process_mock)
-        self.parser.setup_venv(logging.DEBUG)
-        subprocess.Popen.assert_called_with(
-            ("python", "%s/tools/install_venv.py" % self.tempest_dir),
-            cwd=self.tempest_dir,
-            stdout=None)
-
-    def test_setup_venv_fail(self):
-        """Test whether the proper script is called to setup a virtualenv."""
-        process_mock = mock.Mock(returncode=1)
-        subprocess.Popen = mock.Mock(return_value=process_mock)
-        with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
-            self.parser.setup_venv(logging.DEBUG)
-
     @mock.patch.object(parser.TestListParser, "get_normalized_test_list")
     def test_create_whitelist(self, mock_get_normalized):
         """Test whether a test list is properly parsed to extract test names"""