diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-dvr-vxlan/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-dvr-vxlan/salt.yaml
index 4af4303..722816c 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-dvr-vxlan/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-dvr-vxlan/salt.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   cmd: |
     set -e;
     # Remove rack01 key
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.reclass.storage.node.openstack_compute_rack01 /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
 
     # Add openstack_compute_node definition from system
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-ocata-contrail/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-ocata-contrail/salt.yaml
index 340b3c5..efa6773 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-ocata-contrail/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-bm-mcp-ocata-contrail/salt.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
   cmd: |
     set -e;
     # Remove rack01 key
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.reclass.storage.node.openstack_compute_rack01 /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
     # Add openstack_compute_node definition from system
     reclass-tools add-key 'classes' 'system.reclass.storage.system.openstack_compute_multi' /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml --merge;
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/salt.yaml
index 4f2439d..6037981 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-mcp-ocata-dop-sl2/salt.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     sed -i '/system.reclass.storage.system.stacklight_telemetry_cluster/d' /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
     sed -i '/system.reclass.storage.system.stacklight_log_cluster/d' /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
 
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.reclass.storage.node.infra_kvm_node01 /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.reclass.storage.node.infra_kvm_node02 /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.reclass.storage.node.infra_kvm_node03 /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/physical_mcp11_ovs_dpdk/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/physical_mcp11_ovs_dpdk/salt.yaml
index 824b480..755d5ce 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/physical_mcp11_ovs_dpdk/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/physical_mcp11_ovs_dpdk/salt.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 - description: "[EXPERIMENTAL] Remove linux.network.interface object from the cluster/system models and use fixed 'environment' model instead"
   cmd: |
     apt-get -y install python-virtualenv python-pip build-essential python-dev libssl-dev;
+    [[ -d /root/venv-reclass-tools ]] || virtualenv /root/venv-reclass-tools;
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     pip install git+https://github.com/dis-xcom/reclass-tools;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.linux.network.interface /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.linux.network.interface /srv/salt/reclass/classes/system/;
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index 11c6380..2476555 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@
   cmd: |
     set -e;
     apt-get -y install python-virtualenv python-pip build-essential python-dev libssl-dev;
+    [[ -d /root/venv-reclass-tools ]] || virtualenv /root/venv-reclass-tools;
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     pip install git+https://github.com/dis-xcom/reclass-tools;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.linux.network.interface /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/;
     reclass-tools del-key parameters.linux.network.interface /srv/salt/reclass/classes/system/;
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@
 - description: "[EXPERIMENTAL] Create environment model for virtual environment"
   cmd: |
     set -e;
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     reclass-tools render --template-dir /tmp/environment/environment_template/ \
                          --output-dir /srv/salt/reclass/classes/environment/ \
                          {% for ENVIRONMENT_CONTEXT_NAME in ENVIRONMENT_CONTEXT_NAMES %} --context /tmp/environment/{{ENVIRONMENT_CONTEXT_NAME}}{% endfor %} \
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr/salt.yaml
index 7b39455..689dcf4 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-dvr/salt.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   cmd: |
     set -e;
     apt-get -y install python-virtualenv python-pip build-essential python-dev libssl-dev;
+    [[ -d /root/venv-reclass-tools ]] || virtualenv /root/venv-reclass-tools;
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
     pip install git+https://github.com/dis-xcom/reclass-tools;
 
     # Combine 'dns' role with compute nodes