diff --git a/tasks/cinder_install.yml b/tasks/cinder_install.yml
index 8e7d8cf0..d4033063 100644
--- a/tasks/cinder_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/cinder_install.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@
   when: cinder_developer_mode | bool
   notify: Restart cinder services
 
+- name: CentOS remove python from path first
+  file:
+    path:  "{{ cinder_bin | dirname }}/bin/python2.7"
+    state: "absent"
+  when:
+    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
+    - not cinder_developer_mode | bool
+    - cinder_get_venv | changed or cinder_venv_dir | changed
+
 - name: Update virtualenv path
   command: >
     virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ cinder_bin | dirname }}