diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 8318e34..25ad933 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
             stage 'Bring up voltha dev vm'
             sh 'vagrant up voltha'
 
+            stage 'Remove the pre-created venv-linux'
+            sh 'vagrant ssh -c "rm -rf /cord/incubator/voltha/venv-linux"'
+
             stage 'Build voltha'
             sh 'vagrant ssh -c "cd /cord/incubator/voltha && source env.sh && make fetch && make build" voltha'
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 6de0e0f..7ae899c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
   config.vm.define "#{settings['server_name']}" do |d|
     d.ssh.forward_agent = true
     d.vm.box = Box
+    if Box == "ubuntu/xenial64"
+        d.vm.box_version = "20170207.0.0"
+    end
     d.vm.hostname = "#{settings['server_name']}"
     d.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.100.198.220"
     d.vm.provision :shell, path: "ansible/scripts/bootstrap_ansible.sh"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index f3a8595..7be66d2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   - python-nose
   - python-flake8
   - python-scapy
-#  - python-netaddr
 #  - python-libpcap
 
 obsolete_services:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/docker/tasks/debian.yml b/ansible/roles/docker/tasks/debian.yml
index 7bf0434..55d905c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/docker/tasks/debian.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/docker/tasks/debian.yml
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
     state: present
   tags: [docker]
 
-- name: netaddr pip package is present
-  pip:
-    name: netaddr
-    version: 0.7.19
-    state: present
-  tags: [docker]
-
 - name: Debian files are present
   template:
     src: "{{ docker_cfg }}"