diff --git a/scripts/xdist/prepare_xdist_nodes.sh b/scripts/xdist/prepare_xdist_nodes.sh
index e6a1f6243d..0029c75e6e 100644
--- a/scripts/xdist/prepare_xdist_nodes.sh
+++ b/scripts/xdist/prepare_xdist_nodes.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ do
     worker_reqs_cmd="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no jenkins@$ip
     'git clone --branch master --depth 1 -q https://github.com/edx/edx-platform.git; cd edx-platform;
     git fetch -fq origin ${XDIST_GIT_REFSPEC}; git checkout -q ${XDIST_GIT_BRANCH};
+    rm -rf /home/jenkins/edx-venv;
+    tar -C /home/jenkins -xf /home/jenkins/edx-venv_clean-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.gz;
     source ../edx-venv/bin/activate;
     pip install -q ${DJANGO_REQUIREMENT} -r requirements/edx/testing.txt; mkdir reports' & "
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9b2de2b226..388b9e0ae7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ passenv =
     XDIST_WORKER_KEY_NAME
     XDIST_WORKER_SECURITY_GROUP
     XDIST_WORKER_SUBNET
+    PYTHON_VERSION
 
 deps =
     django111: -r requirements/edx/django.txt