diff --git a/doc/source/admin/examples/etc_nodepool/nodepool.yaml b/doc/source/admin/examples/etc_nodepool/nodepool.yaml
index e462de5e4a..fd4252daa4 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/examples/etc_nodepool/nodepool.yaml
+++ b/doc/source/admin/examples/etc_nodepool/nodepool.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ providers:
           - name: node
             labels: ubuntu-bionic
             host-key: "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFjDZ9C89nUVGQ1qZzG/X0onkmcju4kWJ2uTLBdIXsy1"
+            python-path: /usr/bin/python3
             username: root
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/examples/node-Dockerfile b/doc/source/admin/examples/node-Dockerfile
index 00f4530b0c..25b5e03f61 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/examples/node-Dockerfile
+++ b/doc/source/admin/examples/node-Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ FROM rastasheep/ubuntu-sshd
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y install \
         git \
-        python \
         python-tox \
         python3 \
         rsync \