diff --git a/roles/linux_common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/linux_common/tasks/main.yml
index 796793a..2c631c9 100644
--- a/roles/linux_common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/linux_common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       - unzip
       - fontconfig
   vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ '/usr/bin/python2' if ((ansible_distribution | lower == 'amazon') and (ansible_distribution_version == '2')) else omit }}"
+    ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ '/usr/bin/python2' if ((ansible_distribution | lower == 'amazon') and (ansible_distribution_version == '2')) else pipenv_venv }}"
 
 - name: Create product group
   ansible.builtin.group: