diff --git a/examples/shortest_path_follower_example.py b/examples/shortest_path_follower_example.py
index b70c69db98eb2d66d88b9993c3a78d2721ea4deb..d62d7a643b73afd17ac31751aaaae4005ac8ca40 100644
--- a/examples/shortest_path_follower_example.py
+++ b/examples/shortest_path_follower_example.py
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
-import cv2
+# TODO(akadian): remove the below pyrobot hack
+import sys
+ros_path = '/opt/ros/kinetic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'
+if ros_path in sys.path:
+    sys.path.remove(ros_path)
+    import cv2
+sys.path.append(ros_path)
 import numpy as np
 
 import habitat
diff --git a/habitat/tasks/nav/nav_task.py b/habitat/tasks/nav/nav_task.py
index 3aac5d9aa8965eeea9d1bf623b2966dcf096e2c7..0c67b8c7a15e4fa99f34d74206ef09a8c7ee3de2 100644
--- a/habitat/tasks/nav/nav_task.py
+++ b/habitat/tasks/nav/nav_task.py
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Type
 
 import attr
-import cv2
+# TODO(akadian): remove the below pyrobot hack
+import sys
+ros_path = '/opt/ros/kinetic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'
+if ros_path in sys.path:
+    sys.path.remove(ros_path)
+    import cv2
+sys.path.append(ros_path)
 import numpy as np
 from gym import spaces
 
diff --git a/habitat/utils/visualizations/maps.py b/habitat/utils/visualizations/maps.py
index 1028bf3802bf9eed9da62bd8b69f640a0327d735..a46f4e695698827f71a0e200cad2dbab8e386acc 100644
--- a/habitat/utils/visualizations/maps.py
+++ b/habitat/utils/visualizations/maps.py
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 import os
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
-import cv2
+# TODO(akadian): remove the below pyrobot hack
+import sys
+ros_path = '/opt/ros/kinetic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'
+if ros_path in sys.path:
+    sys.path.remove(ros_path)
+    import cv2
+sys.path.append(ros_path)
 import imageio
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.ndimage
diff --git a/habitat/utils/visualizations/utils.py b/habitat/utils/visualizations/utils.py
index 48ffc02ba396c366686bc56ae30ad288c38073d2..687558a1f0584bc35f10e2e04bef3052b8fcaf82 100644
--- a/habitat/utils/visualizations/utils.py
+++ b/habitat/utils/visualizations/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 import os
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
-import cv2
+# TODO(akadian): remove the below pyrobot hack
+import sys
+ros_path = '/opt/ros/kinetic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'
+if ros_path in sys.path:
+    sys.path.remove(ros_path)
+    import cv2
+sys.path.append(ros_path)
 import imageio
 import numpy as np
 import tqdm