diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
index c6eaf4624291..4e31668a9e8f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@
           instead.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>k3s</literal> no longer supports docker as runtime
+          due to upstream dropping support.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.11-notable-changes">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index 56df3c00cb20..18bb0ee1cfc6 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 - (Neo)Vim can not be configured with `configure.pathogen` anymore to reduce maintainance burden.
 Use `configure.packages` instead.
 
+- `k3s` no longer supports docker as runtime due to upstream dropping support.
+
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
 
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-22.11-notable-changes}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 3a36cfa3f37b..421aa0aac60e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.services.k3s;
+  removeOption = config: instruction:
+    lib.mkRemovedOptionModule ([ "services" "k3s" ] ++ config) instruction;
 in
 {
+  imports = [
+    (removeOption [ "docker" ] "k3s docker option is no longer supported.")
+  ];
+
   # interface
   options.services.k3s = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "k3s";
@@ -48,12 +54,6 @@ in
       default = null;
     };
 
-    docker = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = "Use docker to run containers rather than the built-in containerd.";
-    };
-
     extraFlags = mkOption {
       description = "Extra flags to pass to the k3s command.";
       type = types.str;
@@ -88,14 +88,11 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
-    virtualisation.docker = mkIf cfg.docker {
-      enable = mkDefault true;
-    };
     environment.systemPackages = [ config.services.k3s.package ];
 
     systemd.services.k3s = {
       description = "k3s service";
-      after = [ "network.service" "firewall.service" ] ++ (optional cfg.docker "docker.service");
+      after = [ "network.service" "firewall.service" ];
       wants = [ "network.service" "firewall.service" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       path = optional config.boot.zfs.enabled config.boot.zfs.package;
@@ -113,8 +110,8 @@ in
         ExecStart = concatStringsSep " \\\n " (
           [
             "${cfg.package}/bin/k3s ${cfg.role}"
-          ] ++ (optional cfg.docker "--docker")
-          ++ (optional (cfg.docker && config.systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy) "--kubelet-arg=cgroup-driver=systemd")
+          ]
+          ++ (optional (config.systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy) "--kubelet-arg=cgroup-driver=systemd")
           ++ (optional cfg.disableAgent "--disable-agent")
           ++ (optional (cfg.serverAddr != "") "--server ${cfg.serverAddr}")
           ++ (optional (cfg.token != "") "--token ${cfg.token}")
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index d5e422bb94f2..099b8e7972c9 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ in {
   jirafeau = handleTest ./jirafeau.nix {};
   jitsi-meet = handleTest ./jitsi-meet.nix {};
   k3s-single-node = handleTest ./k3s-single-node.nix {};
-  k3s-single-node-docker = handleTest ./k3s-single-node-docker.nix {};
   kafka = handleTest ./kafka.nix {};
   kanidm = handleTest ./kanidm.nix {};
   kbd-setfont-decompress = handleTest ./kbd-setfont-decompress.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/k3s-single-node-docker.nix b/nixos/tests/k3s-single-node-docker.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 735aa5ac2975..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/k3s-single-node-docker.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
-
-  let
-    imageEnv = pkgs.buildEnv {
-      name = "k3s-pause-image-env";
-      paths = with pkgs; [ tini (hiPrio coreutils) busybox ];
-    };
-    pauseImage = pkgs.dockerTools.streamLayeredImage {
-      name = "test.local/pause";
-      tag = "local";
-      contents = imageEnv;
-      config.Entrypoint = [ "/bin/tini" "--" "/bin/sleep" "inf" ];
-    };
-    # Don't use the default service account because there's a race where it may
-    # not be created yet; make our own instead.
-    testPodYaml = pkgs.writeText "test.yml" ''
-      apiVersion: v1
-      kind: ServiceAccount
-      metadata:
-        name: test
-      ---
-      apiVersion: v1
-      kind: Pod
-      metadata:
-        name: test
-      spec:
-        serviceAccountName: test
-        containers:
-        - name: test
-          image: test.local/pause:local
-          imagePullPolicy: Never
-          command: ["sh", "-c", "sleep inf"]
-    '';
-  in
-  {
-    name = "k3s";
-    meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-      maintainers = [ euank ];
-    };
-
-    nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
-      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ k3s gzip ];
-
-      # k3s uses enough resources the default vm fails.
-      virtualisation.memorySize = 1536;
-      virtualisation.diskSize = 4096;
-
-      services.k3s = {
-        enable = true;
-        role = "server";
-        docker = true;
-        # Slightly reduce resource usage
-        extraFlags = "--no-deploy coredns,servicelb,traefik,local-storage,metrics-server --pause-image test.local/pause:local";
-      };
-
-      users.users = {
-        noprivs = {
-          isNormalUser = true;
-          description = "Can't access k3s by default";
-          password = "*";
-        };
-      };
-    };
-
-    testScript = ''
-      start_all()
-
-      machine.wait_for_unit("k3s")
-      machine.succeed("k3s kubectl cluster-info")
-      machine.fail("sudo -u noprivs k3s kubectl cluster-info")
-      # FIXME: this fails with the current nixos kernel config; once it passes, we should uncomment it
-      # machine.succeed("k3s check-config")
-
-      machine.succeed(
-          "${pauseImage} | docker load"
-      )
-
-      machine.succeed("k3s kubectl apply -f ${testPodYaml}")
-      machine.succeed("k3s kubectl wait --for 'condition=Ready' pod/test")
-      machine.succeed("k3s kubectl delete -f ${testPodYaml}")
-
-      machine.shutdown()
-    '';
-  })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 3cceae804cff..b1ad41b9d558 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) k3s-single-node k3s-single-node-docker; };
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) k3s-single-node; };
 
   meta = baseMeta;
 }