It's worth noting that dockershim isn't actually getting removed at the moment, it's being deprecated (so a warning will pop up in kubelet logs) and there's no

It's worth noting that dockershim isn't actually getting removed at the moment, it's being deprecated (so a warning will pop up in kubelet logs) and there's no fixed date for actual removal. At the same time Docker/Mirantis have committed to creating a CRI plugin for Docker, so it seems pretty likely that Docker is and will continue to be an option for Kubernetes clusters.