diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
index c39851305bca..2fd47767158a 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/modules/test_virt.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-import salt.version
 from tests.support.virt import SaltVirtMinionContainerFactory
 
 docker = pytest.importorskip("docker")
@@ -20,19 +19,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-def _install_salt_dependencies(container):
-    dependencies = []
-    for package, version in salt.version.dependency_information():
-        if package.lower() not in ("tornado", "packaging", "looseversion"):
-            # These are newer base dependencies which the container might not
-            # yet have
-            continue
-        dependencies.append(f"{package.lower()}=={version}")
-    if dependencies:
-        ret = container.run("python3", "-m", "pip", "install", *dependencies)
-        log.debug("Install missing dependecies ret: %s", ret)
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def virt_minion_0_id():
     return "virt-minion-0"
@@ -73,7 +59,6 @@ def virt_minion_0(
         skip_on_pull_failure=True,
         skip_if_docker_client_not_connectable=True,
     )
-    factory.before_start(_install_salt_dependencies, factory)
     factory.after_terminate(
         pytest.helpers.remove_stale_minion_key, salt_master, factory.id
     )
@@ -111,7 +96,6 @@ def virt_minion_1(
         skip_on_pull_failure=True,
         skip_if_docker_client_not_connectable=True,
     )
-    factory.before_start(_install_salt_dependencies, factory)
     factory.after_terminate(
         pytest.helpers.remove_stale_minion_key, salt_master, factory.id
     )
diff --git a/tests/support/virt.py b/tests/support/virt.py
index 0f2b946ace44..13498a9f6300 100644
--- a/tests/support/virt.py
+++ b/tests/support/virt.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import time
 import uuid
 
@@ -7,6 +8,13 @@
 
 from tests.conftest import CODE_DIR
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _install_salt_in_container(container):
+    ret = container.run("python3", "-m", "pip", "install", "/salt")
+    log.debug("Install Salt in the container: %s", ret)
+
 
 @attr.s(kw_only=True, slots=True)
 class SaltVirtMinionContainerFactory(SaltMinion):
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self):
         self.container_start_check(self._check_script_path_exists)
         for port in (self.sshd_port, self.libvirt_tcp_port, self.libvirt_tls_port):
             self.check_ports[port] = port
+        self.before_start(_install_salt_in_container, self, on_container=False)
 
     def _check_script_path_exists(self, timeout_at):
         while time.time() <= timeout_at: