diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 633b6fb32c..842839267c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:fast8]
 description =
   Run style checks on the changes made since HEAD~. For a full run including docs, use 'pep8'
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 extras =
 commands =
   bash tools/flake8wrap.sh -HEAD
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ commands =
   bash tools/check-cherry-picks.sh
 
 [testenv:api-samples]
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/functional
 setenv =
   {[testenv]setenv}
   GENERATE_SAMPLES=True
@@ -169,13 +167,11 @@ commands =
   stestr slowest
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 extras =
 commands =
   oslo-config-generator --config-file=etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
 
 [testenv:genpolicy]
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 extras =
 commands =
   oslopolicy-sample-generator --config-file=etc/nova/nova-policy-generator.conf
@@ -185,7 +181,6 @@ commands =
 # section once we rely on coverage 4.3+
 #
 # https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issues/519/
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 setenv =
   {[testenv]setenv}
   PYTHON=coverage run --source nova --parallel-mode
@@ -199,7 +194,6 @@ commands =
   coverage report
 
 [testenv:debug]
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 extras =
 commands =
   oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
@@ -230,7 +224,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:pdf-docs]
 description =
   Build PDF documentation.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 extras =
 commands =
@@ -241,7 +234,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:api-guide]
 description =
   Generate the API guide. Called from CI scripts to test and publish to docs.openstack.org.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 extras =
 commands =
@@ -251,7 +243,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:api-ref]
 description =
   Generate the API ref. Called from CI scripts to test and publish to docs.openstack.org.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 extras =
 commands =
@@ -261,7 +252,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 description =
   Generate release notes.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 extras =
 commands =
@@ -271,7 +261,6 @@ commands =
 [testenv:all-docs]
 description =
   Build all documentation including API guides and refs.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 extras =
 commands =
@@ -281,9 +270,6 @@ commands =
   {[testenv:releasenotes]commands}
 
 [testenv:bandit]
-# NOTE(browne): This is required for the integration test job of the bandit
-# project. Please do not remove.
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/shared
 extras =
 commands = bandit -r nova -x tests -n 5 -ll