diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index f098833ba1..dcb20566ff 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ include(optional('/etc/tower/settings.py'), scope=locals())
 include(optional('/etc/tower/conf.d/*.py'), scope=locals())
 
 ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH = "/venv/ansible"
-TOWER_VENV_PATH = "/venv/tower"
+TOWER_VENV_PATH = "/venv/awx"
 
 # If any local_*.py files are present in awx/settings/, use them to override
 # default settings for development.  If not present, we can still run using
diff --git a/awx/settings/production.py b/awx/settings/production.py
index 84179f643a..144ec6d5bd 100644
--- a/awx/settings/production.py
+++ b/awx/settings/production.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SCHEDULE_METADATA_LOCATION = '/var/lib/awx/.tower_cycle'
 ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH = "/var/lib/awx/venv/ansible"
 
 # Tower base virtualenv paths and enablement
-TOWER_VENV_PATH = "/var/lib/awx/venv/tower"
+TOWER_VENV_PATH = "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx"
 
 AWX_ISOLATED_USERNAME = 'awx'