diff --git a/ansible/gather-facts.yml b/ansible/gather-facts.yml
index cf5f3b042f..a30c7f4ed2 100644
--- a/ansible/gather-facts.yml
+++ b/ansible/gather-facts.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # building their configurations.
 - name: Gather facts for all hosts
   hosts: all
-  any_errors_fatal: "{{ kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal | bool }}"
   max_fail_percentage: >-
     {{ gather_facts_max_fail_percentage |
        default(kolla_max_fail_percentage) |
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
 # the limit.
 - name: Gather facts for all hosts (if using --limit)
   hosts: all_using_limit_True
-  any_errors_fatal: "{{ kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal | bool }}"
   max_fail_percentage: >-
     {{ gather_facts_max_fail_percentage |
        default(kolla_max_fail_percentage) |
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 1b4a311c7c..8eef043c17 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ kolla_ansible_setup_filter: "{{ omit }}"
 # By default, we do not provide a gather subset.
 kolla_ansible_setup_gather_subset: "{{ omit }}"
 
-# This variable is used as "any_errors_fatal" setting for the setup (gather
-# facts) plays.
-# This is useful for weeding out failing hosts early to avoid late failures
-# due to missing facts (especially cross-host).
-# Do note this still supports host fact caching and it will not affect
-# scenarios with all facts cached (as there is no task to fail).
-kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal: false
-
 ###################
 # Kolla options
 ###################
diff --git a/etc/kolla/globals.yml b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
index 09eb0465a5..5788fac680 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@
 # Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
 workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes
 
-# This variable is used as "any_errors_fatal" setting for the setup (gather
-# facts) plays.
-# This is useful for weeding out failing hosts early to avoid late failures
-# due to missing facts (especially cross-host).
-# Do note this still supports host fact caching and it will not affect
-# scenarios with all facts cached (as there is no task to fail).
-#kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal: false
-
 # This variable may be used to set the maximum failure percentage for all
 # plays. More fine-grained control is possible via per-service variables, e.g.
 # nova_max_fail_percentage. The default behaviour is to set a max fail
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-any-errors-fatal-664fc2207074f0ef.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-any-errors-fatal-664fc2207074f0ef.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7060d884ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-any-errors-fatal-664fc2207074f0ef.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Support for failing execution early if fact collection fails on any of the
+    hosts by setting ``kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal`` to ``true`` has
+    been removed. This is due to Ansible's ``any_errors_fatal`` parameter not
+    being templated, resulting in the value always being interpreted as
+    ``true``, even though the default value of
+    ``kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal`` is ``false``.
+
+    Equivalent behaviour is possible by setting the maximum failure percentage
+    to 0. This may be done specifically for fact gathering using
+    ``gather_facts_max_fail_percentage`` or globally using
+    ``kolla_max_fail_percentage``.
diff --git a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2 b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
index 32617b88b1..c34f1ed9f1 100644
--- a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
 {% endif %}
 
-# NOTE(yoctozepto): In CI it makes sense to always try to fail
-# as early as possible.
-kolla_ansible_setup_any_errors_fatal: true
-
 kolla_base_distro: "{{ base_distro }}"
 network_interface: "{{ api_interface_name }}"
 network_address_family: "{{ address_family }}"