diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetry.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetry.ts
index 520958e71464..2f4128724877 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetry.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/services/poetry.ts
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ async function isLocalPoetryEnvironment(interpreterPath: string): Promise<boolea
     // - 'pyproject.toml' has a poetry section which contains the necessary fields
     // - Poetry configuration allows local virtual environments
     // ... possibly more
-    // Or we can simply try running poetry to find the related environment instead. We do the latter for simplicity and reliability.
-    // It should not be much expensive as we have already narrowed down this possibility through various file checks.
-    return isPoetryEnvironmentRelatedToFolder(interpreterPath, project);
+    // Or we can try running poetry to find the related environment instead. Launching poetry binaries although
+    // reliable, can be expensive. So report the best effort type instead, i.e this is likely a poetry env.
+    return true;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/common/envlayouts/poetry/project4/pyproject.toml b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/common/envlayouts/poetry/project4/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..627d86251d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/common/envlayouts/poetry/project4/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[tool.poetrzzzzy]
+name = "poetry-tutorial-project"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.5"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/lowLevel/poetry.unit.test.ts b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/lowLevel/poetry.unit.test.ts
index 4b1f5a727a38..0edd3eacf772 100644
--- a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/lowLevel/poetry.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/lowLevel/poetry.unit.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { TEST_LAYOUT_ROOT } from '../../../common/commonTestConstants';
 
 const testPoetryDir = path.join(TEST_LAYOUT_ROOT, 'poetry');
 const project1 = path.join(testPoetryDir, 'project1');
-const project2 = path.join(testPoetryDir, 'project2');
+const project4 = path.join(testPoetryDir, 'project4');
 const project3 = path.join(testPoetryDir, 'project3');
 
 suite('isPoetryEnvironment Tests', () => {
@@ -54,17 +54,9 @@ suite('isPoetryEnvironment Tests', () => {
             shellExecute = sinon.stub(externalDependencies, 'shellExecute');
             getPythonSetting = sinon.stub(externalDependencies, 'getPythonSetting');
             getPythonSetting.returns('poetry');
-            shellExecute.callsFake((command: string, options: ShellOptions) => {
-                // eslint-disable-next-line default-case
-                switch (command) {
-                    case 'poetry env list --full-path':
-                        return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({ stdout: '' });
-                    case 'poetry env info -p':
-                        if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project1)) {
-                            return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
-                                stdout: `${path.join(project1, '.venv')} \n`,
-                            });
-                        }
+            shellExecute.callsFake((command: string, _options: ShellOptions) => {
+                if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
+                    return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({ stdout: '' });
                 }
                 return Promise.reject(new Error('Command failed'));
             });
@@ -84,8 +76,8 @@ suite('isPoetryEnvironment Tests', () => {
             expect(result).to.equal(false);
         });
 
-        test(`Return false if running poetry for project dir as cwd fails`, async () => {
-            const result = await isPoetryEnvironment(path.join(project2, '.venv', 'bin', 'python'));
+        test(`Return false if running poetry for project dir as cwd fails (pyproject.toml file is invalid)`, async () => {
+            const result = await isPoetryEnvironment(path.join(project4, '.venv', 'bin', 'python'));
             expect(result).to.equal(false);
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/poetryLocator.unit.test.ts b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/poetryLocator.unit.test.ts
index 4de56504e7f4..d26feb28e5fb 100644
--- a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/poetryLocator.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/discovery/locators/poetryLocator.unit.test.ts
@@ -75,13 +75,7 @@ suite('Poetry Locator', () => {
             locator = new PoetryLocator(project1);
             getOSTypeStub.returns(platformUtils.OSType.Windows);
             shellExecute.callsFake((command: string, options: ShellOptions) => {
-                if (command === 'poetry env info -p') {
-                    if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project1)) {
-                        return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
-                            stdout: `${path.join(project1, '.venv')} \n`,
-                        });
-                    }
-                } else if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
+                if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
                     if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project1)) {
                         return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
                             stdout: `${path.join(testPoetryDir, 'poetry-tutorial-project-6hnqYwvD-py3.8')} \n
@@ -214,14 +208,7 @@ suite('Poetry Locator', () => {
             locator = new PoetryLocator(project2);
             getOSTypeStub.returns(platformUtils.OSType.Linux);
             shellExecute.callsFake((command: string, options: ShellOptions) => {
-                // eslint-disable-next-line default-case
-                if (command === 'poetry env info -p') {
-                    if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project2)) {
-                        return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
-                            stdout: `${path.join(project2, '.venv')} \n`,
-                        });
-                    }
-                } else if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
+                if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
                     if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project2)) {
                         return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
                             stdout: `${path.join(testPoetryDir, 'posix1project-9hvDnqYw-py3.4')} (Activated)\n