diff --git a/ansible/configs/zero-touch-base-rhel/instructlab_setup.yml b/ansible/configs/zero-touch-base-rhel/instructlab_setup.yml
index 5e9b96cbcc7..6f84b374969 100644
--- a/ansible/configs/zero-touch-base-rhel/instructlab_setup.yml
+++ b/ansible/configs/zero-touch-base-rhel/instructlab_setup.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     name: git+https://github.com/instructlab/instructlab.git@v0.19.3
     virtualenv: /instructlab/venv/bin/activate
     virtualenv_site_packages: yes
-    executable: pip3.3
 
 - name: Execute ilab command for initial configuration
   ansible.builtin.command: /instructlab/venv/bin/ilab config init