diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 3651b37..e55d93d 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     parent: tox
     description: |
       Run pylint test for k8sapp_platform
+    nodeset: ubuntu-xenial
     required-projects:
       - starlingx/config
       - starlingx/fault
diff --git a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/requirements.txt b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/requirements.txt
index 5de6e00..43f8edc 100644
--- a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/requirements.txt
+++ b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-pbr>=2.0.0
+pbr>=0.5
 PyYAML>=3.10
-
diff --git a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/setup.py b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/setup.py
index e8729b8..7008e2a 100644
--- a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/setup.py
+++ b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/setup.py
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ import setuptools
 
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=0.5'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/tox.ini b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/tox.ini
index 6881f9d..56b99b8 100644
--- a/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/tox.ini
+++ b/python-k8sapp-platform/k8sapp_platform/tox.ini
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ stxdir = {toxinidir}/../../..
 distshare={toxworkdir}/.tox/distshare
 
 [testenv]
-# usedevelop = True
 # enabling usedevelop results in  py27 develop-inst:
 # Exception: Versioning for this project requires either an sdist tarball,
 # or access to an upstream git repository.
 # Note. site-packages is true and rpm-python must be yum installed on your dev machine.
+usedevelop = True
 sitepackages = True
 
 # tox is silly... these need to be separated by a newline....
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ commands = bandit --ini tox.ini -n 5 -r k8sapp_platform
 
 [testenv:pylint]
 basepython = python2.7
-sitepackages = False
-
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
        pylint
 commands =