diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/python-2.6-discovery.yml b/changelogs/fragments/python-2.6-discovery.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b6efe72c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/python-2.6-discovery.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index 9801f857349..e88a3a5fb06 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -1558,7 +1558,6 @@ INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK:
   - /usr/bin/python3
   - /usr/libexec/platform-python
   - python2.7
-  - python2.6
   - /usr/bin/python
   - python
   vars: