diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 5b02e694fb..6a7b97a861 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
         return env
 
     def add_tower_venv(self, env):
-        env['VIRTUAL_ENV'] = settings.TOWER_VENV_PATH
-        env['PATH'] = os.path.join(settings.TOWER_VENV_PATH, "bin") + ":" + env['PATH']
+        env['VIRTUAL_ENV'] = settings.AWX_VENV_PATH
+        env['PATH'] = os.path.join(settings.AWX_VENV_PATH, "bin") + ":" + env['PATH']
         return env
 
     def build_env(self, instance, **kwargs):
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/common.py b/awx/main/utils/common.py
index e2d2264045..a3b402a92a 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/common.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/common.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def wrap_args_with_proot(args, cwd, **kwargs):
         show_paths = [cwd, kwargs['private_data_dir']]
     else:
         show_paths = [cwd]
-    show_paths.extend([settings.ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH, settings.TOWER_VENV_PATH])
+    show_paths.extend([settings.ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH, settings.AWX_VENV_PATH])
     show_paths.extend(getattr(settings, 'AWX_PROOT_SHOW_PATHS', None) or [])
     for path in sorted(set(show_paths)):
         if not os.path.exists(path):
diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index dcb20566ff..1dc7bb8688 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/awx"
+AWX_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 144ec6d5bd..1d93ad43e6 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/awx"
+AWX_VENV_PATH = "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx"
 
 AWX_ISOLATED_USERNAME = 'awx'
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e29c4c3cf4..53178e1a4b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ setenv =
     HOME = {homedir}
     USERPROFILE = {homedir}
     ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH = {toxworkdir}
-    TOWER_VENV_PATH = {toxworkdir}
+    AWX_VENV_PATH = {toxworkdir}
     SKIP_SLOW_TESTS = True
 
 [testenv:api-lint]