diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-launch-node/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-launch-node/tasks/main.yaml
index 9927006f66..8a2c8dba9b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-launch-node/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-launch-node/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,14 @@
     name: 'file:///home/zuul/src/opendev.org/opendev/system-config/launch'
     virtualenv: '/usr/launcher-venv'
 
+# Admins use openstackclient on the bastion host to deal with cloud
+# issues.  The best version to use is the one from launch node, as
+# whatever workarounds we need to talk to all clouds should be in that
+# environment.  For convenience link this version globally
+- name: Link openstack client globally
+  file:
+    src: /usr/launcher-venv/bin/openstack
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/openstack
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    state: link
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/README.rst b/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d2e77e6e9..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-An ansible role to install openstackclient container and helper script
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/files/openstack b/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/files/openstack
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ff8057739..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/files/openstack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-exec docker run -it --rm \
-  -v/etc/openstack:/etc/openstack \
-  docker.io/osclient/python-openstackclient \
-  openstack $@
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/tasks/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f821e8cbd9..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-osc-container/tasks/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-- name: Add helper script
-  become: yes
-  copy:
-    dest: /usr/local/bin/openstack
-    group: root
-    mode: 0755
-    owner: root
-    src: openstack
diff --git a/playbooks/service-bridge.yaml b/playbooks/service-bridge.yaml
index 27354700e5..d548db2ea0 100644
--- a/playbooks/service-bridge.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/service-bridge.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     - name: Install openshift/kubectl
       when: ansible_architecture != 'aarch64'
       block:
-        - include_role:
-            name: install-osc-container
         - include_role:
             name: install-kubectl
         - include_role:
diff --git a/testinfra/test_bridge.py b/testinfra/test_bridge.py
index 6685953396..3b0d548bb8 100644
--- a/testinfra/test_bridge.py
+++ b/testinfra/test_bridge.py
@@ -112,3 +112,8 @@ def test_launch_node_venv(host):
     launch = host.run('/usr/launcher-venv/bin/launch-node --help')
     assert 'usage: launch-node' in launch.stdout
     assert launch.rc == 0
+
+def test_osc_binary(host):
+    osc = host.run('/usr/launcher-venv/bin/openstack --version')
+    assert 'openstack' in osc.stdout
+    assert osc.rc == 0