diff --git a/venv/cros_venv/venvlib.py b/venv/cros_venv/venvlib.py
index 6328aca..702cc02 100644
--- a/venv/cros_venv/venvlib.py
+++ b/venv/cros_venv/venvlib.py
@@ -242,9 +242,10 @@
                             (ver, MIN_VER))
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    # TODO(crbug.com/808434): upstream virtualenv has a bug when this is
-    # set.  See also https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/565
-    env.pop('VIRTUALENV_ALWAYS_COPY', None)
+    if ver < (20, 0):
+        # TODO(crbug.com/808434): upstream virtualenv has a bug when this is
+        # set.  See also https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/565
+        env.pop('VIRTUALENV_ALWAYS_COPY', None)
 
     command = [_VIRTUALENV_COMMAND, venvdir, '-p', sys.executable,
                '--extra-search-dir', _PACKAGE_DIR, '--clear',