diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 787bd31..0dd934b 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@
   $venv_home = "${boxen::config::datadir}/virturalenvs"
   # The "global" scope for python modules in boxen
   $global_venv = $homebrew::config::installdir
+
+  file { "${boxen::config::envdir}/python.sh":
+    ensure => absent,
+  }
+
+  ->
+  boxen::env_script { 'python':
+    ensure   => present,
+    content  => template('python/python.sh.erb'),
+    priority => 'lower',
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6db2564..479a418 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -30,13 +30,4 @@
       target  => "${homebrew::config::installdir}/Cellar/python/${version}/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages",
       require => Package['boxen/brews/python'] ;
   }
-
-  boxen::env_script { 'python':
-    priority => 'lower',
-    source   => 'puppet:///modules/python/python.sh',
-  }
-
-  file { "${boxen::config::envdir}/python.sh":
-    ensure => absent,
-  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/mkvirtualenv.pp b/manifests/mkvirtualenv.pp
index 895a847..1b0a535 100644
--- a/manifests/mkvirtualenv.pp
+++ b/manifests/mkvirtualenv.pp
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
         provider => 'shell',
         user     => $::boxen_user,
         creates  => $venv_path,
-        require  => [File["${boxen::config::envdir}/python_venvwrapper.sh"],
-          Class['python::virtualenvwrapper']]
+        require  => Class['python::virtualenvwrapper'],
       }
       if $post_activate {
         file{ "python_mkenv_${name} postactivate":
diff --git a/manifests/virtualenvwrapper.pp b/manifests/virtualenvwrapper.pp
index 2c076ac..b8c70c7 100644
--- a/manifests/virtualenvwrapper.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtualenvwrapper.pp
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@
   }
 
   file { "${boxen::config::envdir}/python_venvwrapper.sh":
-    content => template('python/python_venvwrapper.sh.erb')
+    ensure => absent,
+  }
+
+  ->
+  boxen::env_script { 'python_virtualenvwrapper':
+    ensure   => present,
+    content  => template('python/python_venvwrapper.sh.erb'),
+    priority => 'lower',
   }
-  # add to the boxen env calls to wrapper.sh file
 }
diff --git a/files/python.sh b/templates/python.sh.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from files/python.sh
rename to templates/python.sh.erb