diff --git a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
index 45e97520fac33886ab741324aa0479fddd2ccf6d..b83d824d0885e5e0035255a110b2f20d17558776 100755
--- a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ config_root_dir: "{{ openwhisk_tmp_dir }}/wskconf"
 whisk_logs_dir: "{{ openwhisk_tmp_dir }}/wsklogs"
 docker_registry: ""
 docker_dns: ""
-bypass_pull_for_local_images: true
+runtimes_bypass_pull_for_local_images: true
+invoker_use_runc: "{{ ansible_distribution != 'MacOSX' }}"
 
 db_prefix: whisk_local_
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ apigw_host_v2: "http://{{ groups['apigateway']|first }}:{{apigateway.port.api}}/
 
 invoker_allow_multiple_instances: true
 
+
 env_hosts_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/environments/local"
 
 runtimes_manifest:
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
index afabc3e9d41afa2efe5c6741dc1bfd1ade9c75a7..0ccce5b94a4e57e4588b632b6d50b85f4ed12d9c 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
@@ -380,63 +380,4 @@ class PythonActionContainerTests extends BasicActionRunnerTests with WskActorSys
         e should include("Traceback")
     })
   }
-
-  it should "be able to import additional packages as installed in the image" in {
-    val (out, err) = withActionContainer() { c =>
-      val code = """
-                |from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-                |from dateutil.parser import *
-                |import httplib2
-                |from lxml import etree
-                |import requests
-                |from scrapy.item import Item, Field
-                |import simplejson as json
-                |from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, endpoints
-                |import socket
-                |from kafka import BrokerConnection
-                |
-                |def main(args):
-                |    socket.setdefaulttimeout(120)
-                |    b = BeautifulSoup('<html><head><title>python action test</title></head></html>', 'html.parser')
-                |    h = httplib2.Http().request('https://openwhisk.ng.bluemix.net/api/v1')[0]
-                |    t = parse('2016-02-22 11:59:00 EST')
-                |    r = requests.get('https://openwhisk.ng.bluemix.net/api/v1')
-                |    j = json.dumps({'foo':'bar'}, separators = (',', ':'))
-                |    kafka = BrokerConnection("it works", 9093, None)
-                |
-                |    return {
-                |       "bs4": str(b.title),
-                |       "httplib2": h.status,
-                |       "dateutil": t.strftime("%A"),
-                |       "lxml": etree.Element("root").tag,
-                |       "json": j,
-                |       "request": r.status_code,
-                |       "kafka_python": kafka.host
-                |    }
-            """.stripMargin
-
-      val (initCode, _) = c.init(initPayload(code))
-      initCode should be(200)
-
-      val (runCode, runRes) = c.run(runPayload(JsObject()))
-      runCode should be(200) // action writer returning an error is OK
-
-      runRes shouldBe defined
-      runRes should be(
-        Some(JsObject(
-          "bs4" -> "<title>python action test</title>".toJson,
-          "httplib2" -> 200.toJson,
-          "dateutil" -> "Monday".toJson,
-          "lxml" -> "root".toJson,
-          "json" -> JsObject("foo" -> "bar".toJson).compactPrint.toJson,
-          "request" -> 200.toJson,
-          "kafka_python" -> "it works".toJson)))
-    }
-
-    checkStreams(out, err, {
-      case (o, e) =>
-        o shouldBe empty
-        e shouldBe empty
-    })
-  }
 }