diff --git a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.ts b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.ts
index 5df4f366e86d..0b210c05b6a1 100644
--- a/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.ts
+++ b/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { chain, iterable } from '../../../../common/utils/async';
 import { PythonEnvKind } from '../../info';
 import { BasicEnvInfo, IPythonEnvsIterator } from '../../locator';
-import { FSWatcherKind, FSWatchingLocator } from './fsWatchingLocator';
 import { getInterpreterPathFromDir } from '../../../common/commonUtils';
 import { pathExists } from '../../../common/externalDependencies';
 import { isPoetryEnvironment, localPoetryEnvDirName, Poetry } from '../../../common/environmentManagers/poetry';
 import '../../../../common/extensions';
 import { asyncFilter } from '../../../../common/utils/arrayUtils';
 import { traceError, traceVerbose } from '../../../../logging';
+import { LazyResourceBasedLocator } from '../common/resourceBasedLocator';
 
 /**
  * Gets all default virtual environment locations to look for in a workspace.
@@ -28,27 +28,6 @@ async function getVirtualEnvDirs(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
     return asyncFilter(envDirs, pathExists);
 }
 
-async function getRootVirtualEnvDir(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
-    const rootDirs = [];
-    const poetry = await Poetry.getPoetry(root);
-    /**
-     * We can infer the directory in which the existing poetry environments are created to determine
-     * the root virtual env dir. If no virtual envs are created yet, then fetch the setting value to
-     * get the root directory instead. We prefer to use 'poetry env list' command first because the
-     * result of that command is already cached when getting poetry.
-     */
-    const virtualenvs = await poetry?.getEnvList();
-    if (virtualenvs?.length) {
-        rootDirs.push(path.dirname(virtualenvs[0]));
-    } else {
-        const setting = await poetry?.getVirtualenvsPathSetting();
-        if (setting) {
-            rootDirs.push(setting);
-        }
-    }
-    return rootDirs;
-}
-
 async function getVirtualEnvKind(interpreterPath: string): Promise<PythonEnvKind> {
     if (await isPoetryEnvironment(interpreterPath)) {
         return PythonEnvKind.Poetry;
@@ -60,16 +39,11 @@ async function getVirtualEnvKind(interpreterPath: string): Promise<PythonEnvKind
 /**
  * Finds and resolves virtual environments created using poetry.
  */
-export class PoetryLocator extends FSWatchingLocator {
+export class PoetryLocator extends LazyResourceBasedLocator {
     public readonly providerId: string = 'poetry';
 
     public constructor(private readonly root: string) {
-        super(
-            () => getRootVirtualEnvDir(root),
-            async () => PythonEnvKind.Poetry,
-            undefined,
-            FSWatcherKind.Workspace,
-        );
+        super();
     }
 
     protected doIterEnvs(): IPythonEnvsIterator<BasicEnvInfo> {
diff --git a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.testvirtualenvs.ts b/src/test/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.testvirtualenvs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d8472013db04..000000000000
--- a/src/test/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator.testvirtualenvs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-import { expect } from 'chai';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as sinon from 'sinon';
-import { ExecutionResult, ShellOptions } from '../../../../../client/common/process/types';
-import { PythonEnvKind } from '../../../../../client/pythonEnvironments/base/info';
-import { BasicEnvInfo, ILocator } from '../../../../../client/pythonEnvironments/base/locator';
-import { getEnvs } from '../../../../../client/pythonEnvironments/base/locatorUtils';
-import * as externalDependencies from '../../../../../client/pythonEnvironments/common/externalDependencies';
-import { PoetryLocator } from '../../../../../client/pythonEnvironments/base/locators/lowLevel/poetryLocator';
-import { EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS } from '../../../../constants';
-import { TEST_LAYOUT_ROOT } from '../../../common/commonTestConstants';
-import { testLocatorWatcher } from './watcherTestUtils';
-
-suite('Poetry Watcher', async () => {
-    let shellExecute: sinon.SinonStub;
-    const testPoetryDir = path.join(TEST_LAYOUT_ROOT, 'poetry');
-    const project1 = path.join(testPoetryDir, 'project1');
-    suiteSetup(async function () {
-        // Skipping these test see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/17087
-        this.skip();
-
-        shellExecute = sinon.stub(externalDependencies, 'shellExecute');
-        shellExecute.callsFake((command: string, options: ShellOptions) => {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line default-case
-            if (command === 'poetry env list --full-path') {
-                return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({ stdout: '' });
-            }
-            if (command === 'poetry config virtualenvs.path') {
-                if (options.cwd && externalDependencies.arePathsSame(options.cwd, project1)) {
-                    return Promise.resolve<ExecutionResult<string>>({
-                        stdout: `${testPoetryDir} \n`,
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-            return Promise.reject(new Error('Command failed'));
-        });
-    });
-    testLocatorWatcher(testPoetryDir, async () => new PoetryLocator(project1), {
-        kind: PythonEnvKind.Poetry,
-        doNotVerifyIfLocated: true,
-    });
-
-    suiteTeardown(() => sinon.restore());
-});
-
-suite('Poetry Locator', async () => {
-    let locator: ILocator<BasicEnvInfo>;
-    suiteSetup(async function () {
-        if (process.env.CI_PYTHON_VERSION && process.env.CI_PYTHON_VERSION.startsWith('2.')) {
-            // Poetry is soon to be deprecated for Python2.7, and tests do not pass
-            // as it is with pip installation of poetry, hence skip.
-            this.skip();
-        }
-        locator = new PoetryLocator(EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR_FOR_TESTS);
-    });
-
-    test('Discovers existing poetry environments', async () => {
-        const items = await getEnvs(locator.iterEnvs());
-        const isLocated = items.some(
-            (item) => item.kind === PythonEnvKind.Poetry && item.executablePath.includes('poetry-tutorial-project'),
-        );
-        expect(isLocated).to.equal(true);
-    });
-});