diff --git a/Make.bat b/Make.bat
index 9c3b49536..4a5ddb729 100644
--- a/Make.bat
+++ b/Make.bat
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends
     IF NOT EXIST "%BUILDROOT%"  MKDIR "%BUILDROOT%"
     
     CD "%BUILDROOT%"
-    "%PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR%\Scripts\virtualenv.exe" venv
+    "%PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR%\python.exe" -m venv venv
 
     XCOPY /S /I /E /H /Y "%PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR%\DLLs" "%BUILDROOT%\venv\DLLs" > nul || EXIT /B 1
     XCOPY /S /I /E /H /Y "%PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR%\Lib" "%BUILDROOT%\venv\Lib" > nul || EXIT /B 1
diff --git a/pkg/win32/README.txt b/pkg/win32/README.txt
index 0d6cfa21a..d0d4fc8f8 100644
--- a/pkg/win32/README.txt
+++ b/pkg/win32/README.txt
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ Choose the Desktop development with C++ option.
 
 choco install -y  bzip2 cmake diffutils gzip git innosetup nodejs-lts python strawberryperl wget yarn
 
-5) Upgrade pip (this may give a permissions error that can be ignored) and
-   install the virtualenv package:
+5) Upgrade pip (this may give a permissions error that can be ignored):
 
 pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install virtualenv
 
 Building dependencies
 =====================
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ yarn run bundle
 3) Create a virtual env
 
 cd pgadmin4
-python -m venv
+python -m venv venv
 pip install -r web\regression\requirements.txt
 pip install sphinx