diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
index 4de3b1781..b7e34654b 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ crio_root: "/var/lib/containers/storage"
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes:
   - name: crun
-    path: "{{ crio_runtime_bin_dir }}/crun"
+    path: "{{ crio_runtime_bin_dir }}/crun"  # Use crun in cri-o distributions, don't use 'crun' role
     type: oci
     root: /run/crun
 
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/meta/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/meta/main.yml
index 99e803a51..5289208fb 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
-  - role: container-engine/crun
   - role: container-engine/crictl
   - role: container-engine/skopeo