diff --git a/test/integration/host_vars/testhost b/test/integration/host_vars/testhost
index facd519959b..6e1d11307f9 100644
--- a/test/integration/host_vars/testhost
+++ b/test/integration/host_vars/testhost
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ test_hash:
   host_vars_testhost: "this is in host_vars/testhost"
 
 # Support execution from within a virtualenv
-ansible_python_interpreter: ${VIRTUAL_ENV-/usr}/bin/python
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env python'