diff --git a/tasks/keystone_install.yml b/tasks/keystone_install.yml
index e38c8356..ef959c94 100644
--- a/tasks/keystone_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/keystone_install.yml
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@
     - Restart service on first node
     - Restart service on other nodes
 
+- name: CentOS remove python from path first
+  file:
+    path:  "{{ keystone_bin | dirname }}/bin/python2.7"
+    state: "absent"
+  when:
+    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
+    - not keystone_developer_mode | bool
+    - keystone_get_venv | changed or keystone_venv_dir | changed
+
 - name: Update virtualenv path
   command: >
     virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto --reinitialize {{ keystone_bin | dirname }}