diff --git a/roles/ensure-tox/README.rst b/roles/ensure-tox/README.rst
index 31a7a4a53..f12d45a08 100644
--- a/roles/ensure-tox/README.rst
+++ b/roles/ensure-tox/README.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ user install directory (i.e., "pip install --user").
    :default: ``true``
 
    If tox is not detected, prefer to install tox inside Python 2 instead of
-   Python 3.  The default value is currently set to ``true`` for compatibility
-   reasons, it will be switched to false eventually.  It's best to set this to
-   ``false`` when using it.
+   Python 3.
diff --git a/roles/ensure-tox/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ensure-tox/defaults/main.yml
index 36efbb49a..2e2266d2b 100644
--- a/roles/ensure-tox/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ensure-tox/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 tox_executable: tox
-tox_prefer_python2: true
+tox_prefer_python2: false