diff --git a/.ci/configure_crio_for_kata.sh b/.ci/configure_crio_for_kata.sh
index 29b2b0b8e..9b7ea1d69 100755
--- a/.ci/configure_crio_for_kata.sh
+++ b/.ci/configure_crio_for_kata.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
-issue="https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/issues/3130"
-
-if [ "$ID" == "centos" ]; then
-	echo "Skip CRI-O installation on $ID, see: $issue"
-	exit
-fi
 
 crio_config_file="/etc/crio/crio.conf"
 runc_flag="\/usr\/local\/bin\/crio-runc"
diff --git a/.ci/install_crio.sh b/.ci/install_crio.sh
index 056a1e4ec..82932eca4 100755
--- a/.ci/install_crio.sh
+++ b/.ci/install_crio.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 cidir=$(dirname "$0")
 source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
 source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
-issue="https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/issues/3130"
-
-if [ "$ID" == "centos" ]; then
-	echo "Skip CRI-O installation on $ID, see: $issue"
-	exit
-fi
 
 echo "Install go-md2man"
 go_md2man_url=$(get_test_version "externals.go-md2man.url")
@@ -93,7 +87,7 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] || [ "$ID" == "fedora" ]; then
 	# This is necessary to avoid crashing `make` with `No package devmapper found`
 	# by disabling the devmapper driver when the library it requires is not installed
 	sed -i 's|$(shell hack/selinux_tag.sh)||' Makefile
-	make BUILDTAGS='exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper libdm_no_deferred_remove'
+	make BUILDTAGS='exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper exclude_graphdriver_btrfs libdm_no_deferred_remove'
 else
 	make
 fi
diff --git a/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh b/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
index 749a0487e..c6bba1b81 100755
--- a/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
+++ b/.ci/install_kubernetes.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ EOF"
 	chronic sudo -E apt update
 	chronic sudo -E apt install --allow-downgrades -y kubelet="$kubernetes_version" kubeadm="$kubernetes_version" kubectl="$kubernetes_version"
 elif [ "$ID" == "centos" ] || [ "$ID" == "fedora" ]; then
-	if [ "$ID" == "centos" ]; then
-		sudo yum versionlock docker-ce
-	fi
-
 	sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 	[kubernetes]
 	name=Kubernetes
diff --git a/.ci/setup_env_centos.sh b/.ci/setup_env_centos.sh
index 38c0314c3..13d76c8ab 100755
--- a/.ci/setup_env_centos.sh
+++ b/.ci/setup_env_centos.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ declare -A packages=( \
 	[kata_containers_dependencies]="libtool libtool-ltdl-devel device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2 libtool-ltdl" \
 	[qemu_dependencies]="libcap-devel libcap-ng-devel libattr-devel libcap-ng-devel librbd1-devel flex libfdt-devel libpmem-devel" \
 	[kernel_dependencies]="elfutils-libelf-devel flex pkgconfig patch" \
-	[crio_dependencies]="libassuan-devel libgpg-error-devel device-mapper-libs util-linux libselinux-devel" \
+	[crio_dependencies]="glibc-static libassuan-devel libgpg-error-devel device-mapper-libs util-linux libselinux-devel" \
 	[bison_binary]="bison" \
 	[libgudev1-dev]="libgudev1-devel" \
 	[general_dependencies]="gpgme-devel glib2-devel glibc-devel bzip2 m4 gettext-devel automake autoconf pixman-devel coreutils" \