diff --git a/roles/docker_sdk/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker_sdk/defaults/main.yml
index 4dba176..822bfa9 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sdk/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_sdk/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 docker_sdk_packages:
   - "python3-setuptools"
   - "python3-pip"
-  - "{% if virtualenv is not none %}python3-virtualenv{% endif %}"
 
 # List of Python packages to install via Pip.
 # NOTE(hrw) docker 2.4.2 is in kolla-ansible requirements
diff --git a/roles/docker_sdk/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_sdk/tasks/main.yml
index ece71df..4b2ced1 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sdk/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_sdk/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     name: pip>19.3
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv }}"
     virtualenv_site_packages: "{{ virtualenv_site_packages }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "python{{ host_python_version }}"
+    virtualenv_command: "python{{ host_python_version }} -m venv"
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ docker_sdk_virtualenv_owner }}"
   when: virtualenv is not none
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
     extra_args: "{% if docker_sdk_upper_constraints_file %}-c {{ docker_sdk_upper_constraints_file }}{% endif %}"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv is none | ternary(omit, virtualenv) }}"
     virtualenv_site_packages: "{{ virtualenv is none | ternary(omit, virtualenv_site_packages) }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ virtualenv is none | ternary(omit, 'python' ~ host_python_version) }}"
+    virtualenv_command: "{{ virtualenv is none | ternary(omit, 'python' ~ host_python_version ~ ' -m venv') }}"
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ virtualenv is none | ternary(omit, docker_sdk_virtualenv_owner) }}"