diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/drop-openeuler-55b80a861905225b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/drop-openeuler-55b80a861905225b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..267fc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/drop-openeuler-55b80a861905225b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Support for OpenEuler host operating system has been dropped, due to no
+    recent (3.10+) python availability that is required by ansible-core 2.16
+    and later.
diff --git a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
index e146eba..a0185a7 100644
--- a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 apt_cache_valid_time: 3600
 
 # Whether to enable a package repository for Docker.
-enable_docker_repo: "{% if ansible_facts.distribution == 'openEuler' %}false{% else %}true{% endif %}"
+enable_docker_repo: true
 
 # Docker APT repository configuration.
 docker_apt_url: "https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_facts.distribution | lower }}"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ docker_yum_url: "https://download.docker.com/linux/centos"
 docker_yum_baseurl: "{{ docker_yum_url }}/$releasever/$basearch/stable"
 docker_yum_gpgkey: "{{ docker_yum_url }}/gpg"
 docker_yum_gpgcheck: true
-docker_yum_package: "{% if ansible_facts.distribution == 'openEuler' %}docker{{ '-' + docker_yum_package_pin if (docker_yum_package_pin | length > 0) else '' }}{% else %}docker-ce{{ '-' + docker_yum_package_pin if (docker_yum_package_pin | length > 0) else '' }}{% endif %}"
+docker_yum_package: "docker-ce{{ '-' + docker_yum_package_pin if (docker_yum_package_pin | length > 0) else '' }}"
 docker_yum_package_pin: ""
 
 # List of packages to install.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ docker_packages:
   - "{% if not docker_disable_default_iptables_rules | bool %}iptables{% endif %}"
 
 docker_storage_driver: ""
-docker_custom_config: "{% if ansible_facts.distribution == 'openEuler' %}{\"exec-opts\": [\"native.umask=normal\"]}{% else %}{}{% endif %}"
+docker_custom_config: {}
 
 docker_http_proxy: ""
 docker_https_proxy: ""
diff --git a/roles/packages/defaults/main.yml b/roles/packages/defaults/main.yml
index c74ff60..7a3137d 100644
--- a/roles/packages/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/packages/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ ubuntu_pkg_install:
  - "{% if enable_multipathd | bool %}sg3-utils-udev{% endif %}"
  - tzdata
 
-openeuler_pkg_install:
- - python3-docker
- - python3-dbus
-
 redhat_pkg_install:
  - git
  - iputils
diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
index b877470..20e264f 100644
--- a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   vars:
     pkg_installs: >-
       {{ ubuntu_pkg_install if ansible_facts.os_family == 'Debian'
-         else openeuler_pkg_install if ansible_facts.distribution == 'openEuler'
          else redhat_pkg_install }}
   package:
     name: "{{ pkg_installs | select | list }}"