diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ce91da2..1469c1fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ If upgrading older playbooks which were built prior to Ansible 2.10 and this col
 
 For documentation on how to use individual modules and other content included in this collection, please see the links in the 'Included content' section earlier in this README.
 
-## Ansible Turbo mode
+## Ansible Turbo mode Tech Preview
 
-The ``kubernetes.core`` collection supports Ansible Turbo mode via ``cloud.common`` collection. Please read more about Ansible Turbo mode - [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/ansible_turbo_mode.rst).
+The ``kubernetes.core`` collection supports Ansible Turbo mode as a tech preview via the ``cloud.common`` collection. Please read more about Ansible Turbo mode - [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/ansible_turbo_mode.rst).
 
 
 ## Testing and Development
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/148-remove-cloud-common-dependency.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/148-remove-cloud-common-dependency.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee1dddbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/148-remove-cloud-common-dependency.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - remove cloud.common as default dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/148).
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index b1db9147..6f99743d 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ authors:
   - willthames (https://github.com/willthames)
   - mmazur (https://github.com/mmazur)
   - jamescassell (https://github.com/jamescassell)
-dependencies:
-  cloud.common: '>=2.0.1'
 description: Kubernetes Collection for Ansible.
 documentation: ''
 homepage: ''
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 450cdbc4..00000000
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-collections:
-  - cloud.common