diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/files/os_nova.patch b/ansible/playbooks/files/os_nova.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2108aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/files/os_nova.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/tasks/nova_install.yml b/tasks/nova_install.yml
+index 3002c22..523b867 100644
+--- a/tasks/nova_install.yml
++++ b/tasks/nova_install.yml
+@@ -38,12 +38,18 @@
+   tags:
+     - nova-pip-packages
+
++- name: Retrieve the constraints URL
++  uri:
++    url: "{{ nova_upper_constraints_url }}"
++    return_content: yes
++  register: _u_c_contents
++
+ - name: Install the python venv
+   import_role:
+     name: "python_venv_build"
+   vars:
+     venv_python_executable: "{{ nova_venv_python_executable }}"
+-    venv_build_constraints: "{{ nova_git_constraints }}"
++    venv_build_constraints: "{{ _u_c_contents.content.split('\n') | reject('match', '^(futures|pypowervm)') | list }}"
+     venv_build_distro_package_list: "{{ nova_devel_distro_packages }}"
+     venv_install_destination_path: "{{ nova_bin | dirname }}"
+     venv_pip_install_args: "{{ nova_pip_install_args }}"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/files/user_lxc.yml b/ansible/playbooks/files/user_lxc.yml
index b6a01a9..5db6fec 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/files/user_lxc.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/files/user_lxc.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ lxc_container_base_name: "rocky-8-amd64"
 lxc_hosts_container_build_command: "dnf --assumeyes --installroot=/var/lib/machines/{{ lxc_container_base_name }} install --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --nodocs rootfiles coreutils dnf rocky-release rocky-repos --releasever=8"
 
 
+lxc_container_map:
+  distro: rockylinux
+  architecture: amd64
+  arch: amd64
+  release: 8
 lxc_cache_map:
   distro: rockylinux
   arch: "{{ lxc_architecture_mapping.get( ansible_facts['architecture'] ) }}"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/init-nodes.yml b/ansible/playbooks/init-nodes.yml
index 87f9822..13a9a4c 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/init-nodes.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/init-nodes.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
           tags: repos
 
         - name: fetch patch
-          ansible.builtin.shell: 'git fetch https://review.opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible refs/changes/73/823573/5 && git checkout FETCH_HEAD'
+          ansible.builtin.shell: 'git fetch https://review.opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible refs/changes/73/823573/6 && git checkout FETCH_HEAD'
           args:
             chdir: /opt/openstack-ansible/
 
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml b/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
index e79a269..6e6727c 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/role-infra-host.yml
@@ -82,12 +82,14 @@
           debug:
             var: aio_install
 
-        - name: Run bootstrap ansible with included args
+        - name: Run bootstrap aio with included args
           ansible.builtin.shell: scripts/bootstrap-aio.sh
           become: true
           args:
             chdir: /opt/openstack-ansible/
             creates: /etc/openstack_deploy/
+          environment:
+            SCENARIO: "{{ SCENARIO | default('') }}"
           tags:
             - bootstrap
             - aio
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@
         - user_debug
       tags: config
 
-    - name: fuck my entire life
+    - name: manually patch lxc_hosts role to bring in powertools repo
       ansible.builtin.copy:
         src: "files/{{ item }}.yml"
         dest: /etc/ansible/roles/lxc_hosts/tasks/
@@ -118,6 +120,21 @@
         - lxc_install_dnf
       tags: config
 
+    - name: manually patch os_nova role to kill powervmtools and futures== requiresments
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "files/{{ item }}"
+        dest: /tmp/
+        mode: '0644'
+      with_items:
+        - os_nova.patch
+      tags: config
+
+    - name: patch the thing
+      args:
+        chdir: /etc/ansible/roles/os_nova/
+      ansible.builtin.shell: patch -p1 < /tmp/os_nova.patch
+      when: do_patch | bool
+
     - name: Disable SSH Agent Forwarding
       lineinfile:
         dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config