diff --git a/kolla/cmd/build.py b/kolla/cmd/build.py
index d0d6ab7d94..4674de7622 100755
--- a/kolla/cmd/build.py
+++ b/kolla/cmd/build.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
 if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
diff --git a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
index 288b35036b..e548b9ab43 100755
--- a/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
+++ b/kolla/cmd/genpwd.py
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ import argparse
 import os
 import random
 import string
+import sys
 import uuid
 import yaml
 
 from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
 
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
+if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT)
+
 
 def generate_RSA(bits=4096):
     new_key = RSA.generate(bits, os.urandom)
diff --git a/kolla/image/build.py b/kolla/image/build.py
index 6c8aa857e5..8b2a1943d0 100644
--- a/kolla/image/build.py
+++ b/kolla/image/build.py
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from requests import exceptions as requests_exc
 import six
 
-
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../..'))
-
-# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search patch to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
-#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools/build.py
-#                 instead of pip installed kolla-build tool
 if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
     sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT)
 
diff --git a/tools/version-check.py b/tools/version-check.py
index 9477762b0c..58aa03e6ea 100755
--- a/tools/version-check.py
+++ b/tools/version-check.py
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ import pkg_resources
 import prettytable
 import requests
 
+# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search path to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
+#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools instead of
+#                 pip installed kolla tools
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '..'))
-
-# NOTE(SamYaple): Update the search patch to prefer PROJECT_ROOT as the source
-#                 of packages to import if we are using local tools/build.py
-#                 instead of pip installed kolla-build tool
 if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
     sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT)