diff --git a/roles/debian/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index bacce1d11..d092bb6ee 100644
--- a/roles/debian/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+# ansible is reserved, so we use ce_ansible
 ce_ansible:
   # These are usually set in the _init role but can be overridden here.
   venv_path: "{{ _venv_path }}"
diff --git a/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/defaults/main.yml
index c2e179208..afbfbcb2c 100644
--- a/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ python_pip_packages:
   # These are usually set in the _init role but can be overridden here.
   venv_path: "{{ _venv_path }}"
   venv_command: "{{ _venv_command }}"
-  install_username: "{{ _venv_install_username }}"
+  venv_install_username: "{{ _venv_install_username }}"
 
   packages: []
   #  - name: pip
diff --git a/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/tasks/main.yml
index 0bdbcd85b..091fa2391 100644
--- a/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/python_pip_packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     path: "{{ python_pip_packages.venv_path }}"
     state: directory
     recurse: true
-    owner: "{{ python_pip_packages.install_username }}"
-    group: "{{ python_pip_packages.install_username }}"
+    owner: "{{ python_pip_packages.venv_install_username }}"
+    group: "{{ python_pip_packages.venv_install_username }}"