diff --git a/containers/teuthology-dev/teuthology.sh b/containers/teuthology-dev/teuthology.sh
index 373f6efb8..49219d205 100755
--- a/containers/teuthology-dev/teuthology.sh
+++ b/containers/teuthology-dev/teuthology.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
 set -e
-source /teuthology/virtualenv/bin/activate
+PATH=$PATH:/teuthology/.venv/bin
 set -x
 cat /run/secrets/id_rsa > $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
 if [ -n "$TEUTHOLOGY_TESTNODES" ]; then
diff --git a/docs/docker-compose/teuthology/teuthology.sh b/docs/docker-compose/teuthology/teuthology.sh
index 78770e323..c9ed897e2 100755
--- a/docs/docker-compose/teuthology/teuthology.sh
+++ b/docs/docker-compose/teuthology/teuthology.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 if [ -n "$SSH_PRIVKEY_FILE" ]; then
     echo "$SSH_PRIVKEY" > $HOME/.ssh/$SSH_PRIVKEY_FILE
 fi
-source /teuthology/virtualenv/bin/activate
+PATH=$PATH:/teuthology/.venv/bin
 set -x
 if [ -n "$TESTNODES" ]; then
     for node in $(echo $TESTNODES | tr , ' '); do