diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index f76d2b7c..3adc5975 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   description: Installation and setup of nova
   company: Rackspace
   license: Apache2
-  min_ansible_version: 1.9
+  min_ansible_version: 2.0
   platforms:
     - name: Ubuntu
       versions:
diff --git a/tasks/nova_install.yml b/tasks/nova_install.yml
index dd95981c..94b42fc5 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_install.yml
@@ -43,51 +43,13 @@
     - nova-install
     - nova-pip-packages
 
-- name: Get local venv checksum
-  stat:
-    path: "/var/cache/{{ nova_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    get_md5: False
-  when:
-    - not nova_developer_mode | bool
-  register: local_venv_stat
-  tags:
-    - nova-install
-    - nova-pip-packages
-
-- name: Get remote venv checksum
-  uri:
-    url: "{{ nova_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum') }}"
-    return_content: True
-  when:
-    - not nova_developer_mode | bool
-  register: remote_venv_checksum
-  tags:
-    - nova-install
-    - nova-pip-packages
-
-# TODO: When project moves to ansible 2 we can pass this a sha256sum which will:
-#       a) allow us to remove force: yes
-#       b) allow the module to calculate the checksum of dest file which would
-#          result in file being downloaded only if provided and dest sha256sum
-#          checksums differ
 - name: Attempt venv download
   get_url:
     url: "{{ nova_venv_download_url }}"
     dest: "/var/cache/{{ nova_venv_download_url | basename }}"
-    force: yes
-  failed_when: false
-  register: get_venv
-  when:
-    - not nova_developer_mode | bool
-    - (local_venv_stat.stat.exists == False or
-        {{ local_venv_stat.stat.checksum is defined and local_venv_stat.stat.checksum != remote_venv_checksum.content | trim }})
-  tags:
-    - nova-install
-    - nova-pip-packages
-
-- name: Set nova get_venv fact
-  set_fact:
-    nova_get_venv: "{{ get_venv }}"
+    checksum: "sha1:{{ lookup('url', nova_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum')) }}"
+  register: nova_get_venv
+  when: not nova_developer_mode | bool
   tags:
     - nova-install
     - nova-pip-packages
@@ -96,8 +58,7 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ nova_bin | dirname }}"
     state: absent
-  when:
-    - nova_get_venv | changed
+  when: nova_get_venv | changed
   tags:
     - nova-install
     - nova-pip-packages
@@ -138,8 +99,7 @@
   until: install_packages|success
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
-  when:
-    - nova_get_venv | failed or nova_developer_mode | bool
+  when: nova_developer_mode | bool
   notify: Restart nova services
   tags:
     - nova-install
@@ -150,7 +110,7 @@
     virtualenv-tools --update-path=auto {{ nova_bin | dirname }}
   when:
     - not nova_developer_mode | bool
-    - nova_get_venv | success
+    - nova_get_venv | changed or nova_venv_dir | changed
   tags:
     - nova-install
     - nova-pip-packages