diff --git a/playbooks/groups/osbs-orchestrator-cluster.yml b/playbooks/groups/osbs-orchestrator-cluster.yml
index fff54d2ce5..325ebf31ee 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/osbs-orchestrator-cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/osbs-orchestrator-cluster.yml
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@
         - NetworkManager
         - libselinux-python
         - origin
-        - python2
-        - python2-dnf
-        - libselinux-python
-        - libsemanage-python
-        - python2-firewall
-        - pyOpenSSL
-        - python-cryptography
 
     - name: Deploy controller public ssh keys to osbs cluster hosts
       authorized_key:
@@ -234,6 +227,7 @@
     openshift_shared_infra: true
     openshift_deployment_type: "origin"
     openshift_metrics_deploy: true
+    openshift_ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
     when: env == 'staging'
     tags: ['openshift-cluster','ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible']
 
@@ -258,6 +252,7 @@
     openshift_shared_infra: true
     openshift_deployment_type: "origin"
     openshift_metrics_deploy: true
+    openshift_ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3"
     when: env == 'staging'
     tags: ['openshift-cluster','ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible']