diff --git a/src/python/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/python/devcontainer-feature.json
index 635b233cf..c23eb8376 100644
--- a/src/python/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/python/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
         "3.12",
         "3.11",
         "3.10",
-        "3.9",
-        "3.8",
-        "3.7",
-        "3.6"
+        "3.9"
       ],
       "default": "os-provided",
       "description": "Select a Python version to install."
diff --git a/test/python/install_additional_python.sh b/test/python/install_additional_python.sh
index d584f4be9..fa23c1800 100755
--- a/test/python/install_additional_python.sh
+++ b/test/python/install_additional_python.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 check "python version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python3 version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python version 3.10.5 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.10.5"
-check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
+#check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
 check "python version 3.9.13 installed"  bash -c  "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.9.13"
 
 # Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario
diff --git a/test/python/install_additional_python_rhel_family.sh b/test/python/install_additional_python_rhel_family.sh
index d584f4be9..fa23c1800 100644
--- a/test/python/install_additional_python_rhel_family.sh
+++ b/test/python/install_additional_python_rhel_family.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 check "python version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python3 version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python version 3.10.5 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.10.5"
-check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
+#check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
 check "python version 3.9.13 installed"  bash -c  "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.9.13"
 
 # Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario
diff --git a/test/python/install_python_3_8.sh b/test/python/install_python_3_8.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bea5af308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/python/install_python_3_8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "python version 3.8 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.8"
+check "python3 version 3.8 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.8"
+
+# Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario
+check "autopep8" autopep8 --version
+check "black" black --version
+check "yapf" yapf --version
+check "bandit" bandit --version
+check "flake8" flake8 --version
+check "mypy" mypy --version
+check "pycodestyle" pycodestyle --version
+check "pydocstyle" pydocstyle --version
+check "pylint" pylint --version
+check "pytest" pytest --version
+
+# Check paths in settings
+check "current symlink is correct" bash -c "which python | grep /usr/local/python/current/bin/python"
+check "current symlink works" /usr/local/python/current/bin/python --version
+check "which autopep8" bash -c "which autopep8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8"
+check "which black" bash -c "which black | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/black"
+check "which yapf" bash -c "which yapf | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf"
+check "which bandit" bash -c "which bandit | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit"
+check "which flake8" bash -c "which flake8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8"
+check "which mypy" bash -c "which mypy | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy"
+check "which pycodestyle" bash -c "which pycodestyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle"
+check "which pydocstyle" bash -c "which pydocstyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle"
+check "which pylint" bash -c "which pylint | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pylint"
+check "which pytest" bash -c "which pytest | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pytest"
+
+# Report result
+reportResults
+