diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/tweaking_interpreter_discovery.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/tweaking_interpreter_discovery.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd7d69cd873..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/tweaking_interpreter_discovery.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - interpreter discovery is now handling special (ansible_network_os) cases in less noisy ways.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 781394fa96b..987ae4dc3d6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -539,12 +539,6 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         plugin_vars = self._set_connection_options(cvars, templar)
         templar.available_variables = orig_vars
 
-        # TODO: eventually remove this block as this should be a 'consequence' of 'forced_local' modules
-        # special handling for python interpreter for network_os, default to ansible python unless overriden
-        if 'ansible_network_os' in cvars and 'ansible_python_interpreter' not in cvars:
-            # this also avoids 'python discovery'
-            cvars['ansible_python_interpreter'] = sys.executable
-
         # get handler
         self._handler = self._get_action_handler(connection=self._connection, templar=templar)