diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 248ea27ff22857fdd8b1a295abcd8cfbd6862478..d24406fc85c10506d136e5e036c11b7ade43c2ca 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -336,20 +336,31 @@
     home: "/var/lib/pipreqcheck"
     state: present
 
-- name: Check for presence of wrong Python versions
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ item.offending_binary }}"
-  with_items:
-    - offending_binary: "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv/bin/python2"
-      virtualenv_directory: "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
-  register: "pipreqcheck_wrong_python_version_check"
+- name: Retrieve system Python interpreter version
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "/usr/bin/python3"
+      - "-c"
+      - "import sys; print(sys.version.split(' ')[0])"
+  changed_when: false
+  register: python_interpreter_version
+
+- name: Retrieve virtual environment Python interpreter version (if initialised)
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv/bin/python"
+      - "-c"
+      - "import sys; print(sys.version.split(' ')[0])"
+  # Virtual environment perhaps does not exist.
+  failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
+  register: virtualenv_python_version
 
-- name: Drop Python virtual environment if wrong Python version has been detected within
+- name: Remove virtual environment if Python version does not match
   file:
-    path: "{{ item.item.virtualenv_directory }}"
+    path: "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
     state: absent
-  when: "item.stat.exists"
-  with_items: "{{ pipreqcheck_wrong_python_version_check.results }}"
+  when: "virtualenv_python_version.rc != 0 or virtualenv_python_version.stdout.strip() != python_interpreter_version.stdout.strip()"
 
 - name: Create directory for Python virtual environment used for installing/running pip-tools
   file: