diff --git a/test/mocks/datafilecollector-testharness/mr-sim/setup.sh b/test/mocks/datafilecollector-testharness/mr-sim/setup.sh
index 6661d0b..2c94136 100755
--- a/test/mocks/datafilecollector-testharness/mr-sim/setup.sh
+++ b/test/mocks/datafilecollector-testharness/mr-sim/setup.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 if [ -d ".env" ]; then
 	echo ".env is prepared"
 else
-	virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute  -p python3 .env
+	virtualenv -p python3 .env
 fi
 
 source .env/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/test/mocks/mass-pnf-sim/setup.sh b/test/mocks/mass-pnf-sim/setup.sh
index 4e49a7e..2c94136 100755
--- a/test/mocks/mass-pnf-sim/setup.sh
+++ b/test/mocks/mass-pnf-sim/setup.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 if [ -d ".env" ]; then
 	echo ".env is prepared"
 else
-	virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute  -p python3 .env
+	virtualenv -p python3 .env
 fi
 
-source .env/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+source .env/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt