diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index dfd2133d..72558cc4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ tempest_images:
     sha256: "34987d0d5702f8813f3ff9efe90e9e39e6926ec78658763580a79face67f3394"
 
 tempest_enable_instance_password: True
-tempest_pip_instructions: "--isolated"
 
 ## Tunable overrides
 tempest_tempest_conf_overrides: {}
diff --git a/tasks/tempest_install.yml b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
index 82bb3859..d8238504 100644
--- a/tasks/tempest_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     state: present
     virtualenv: "{{ tempest_git_dest }}"
     virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-    extra_args: "{{ tempest_pip_instructions }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ pip_install_options|default('') }}"
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
   retries: 5
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     state: present
     virtualenv: "{{ tempest_git_dest }}"
     virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-    extra_args: "{{ tempest_pip_instructions }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ pip_install_options|default('') }}"
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
   retries: 5