diff --git a/tests/inventory b/tests/inventory
index a6eb73c4..ba414392 100644
--- a/tests/inventory
+++ b/tests/inventory
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [all]
-localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True ansible_python_interpreter=ENVPYTHON
+localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True
 
 [cinder_volume]
-localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True ansible_python_interpreter=ENVPYTHON
+localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True
 
 [cinder_all]
-localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True ansible_python_interpreter=ENVPYTHON
+localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_become=True
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a5fdf08e..d55c1cb5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ whitelist_externals =
     bash
     git
     rm
-    ln
-    sed
 setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING = False
@@ -108,17 +106,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:functional]
 commands =
     rm -rf {homedir}/.ansible
-    # Ansible is run using python in the tox venv, which doesn't have python-apt in it.
-    # Installing python-apt is non-trivial at first glance so for now we just symlink
-    # these in from the host.
-    ln -snf /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/ {envsitepackagesdir}/apt
-    ln -snf /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/ {envsitepackagesdir}/aptsources
-    ln -snf /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt_pkg.so {envsitepackagesdir}/apt_pkg.so
-    ln -snf /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt_inst.so {envsitepackagesdir}/apt_inst.so
-    # This forces Ansible to use the venv interpreter for localhost, which means we don't
-    # run into issues where things are being installed into the venv but then Ansible
-    # complains that it doesn't exist in /usr/local/lib.
-    sed -i 's@ENVPYTHON@{envpython}@g' tests/inventory
     git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-plugins \
               {homedir}/.ansible/plugins
     ansible-galaxy install \