diff --git a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
index a56373aa..18806769 100644
--- a/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/playbooks/tasks/base.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   - python-pudb
   - python-dev
   - python-virtualenv
-  - tox
   # Required by packer
   - build-essential
   # for torrent transport
@@ -50,6 +49,9 @@
 # Redis
 - shell: sudo pip install redis
 
+# fresh tox
+- shell: sudo pip install tox
+
 # Ubuntu OpenStack packages
 #- apt: name=ubuntu-cloud-keyring state=present
 #- shell: echo "deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty-updates/kilo main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudarchive-kilo.list