diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 30bd5c8..010709d 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@
 - job:
     name: brick-cinderclient-dsvm-functional-py36
     parent: brick-cinderclient-dsvm-functional-base
+    # need to specify a platform that has python 3.6 available
+    nodeset: devstack-single-node-centos-8-stream
     vars:
+      python_version: 3.6
       tox_envlist: functional-py36
 
 - job:
     name: brick-cinderclient-dsvm-functional-py38
     parent: brick-cinderclient-dsvm-functional-base
     vars:
+      python_version: 3.8
       tox_envlist: functional-py38
 
 - project:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4975d0b..cd74652 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.1.0
 skipsdist = True
-skip_missing_interpreters = true
 # python runtimes: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/project-testing-interface.html#tested-runtimes
-envlist = py38,py36,pep8
+envlist = py3,pep8
 # this allows tox to infer the base python from the environment name
 # and override any basepython configured in this file
 ignore_basepython_conflict=true