Gitlab Runner doesn't work where the DOCKER_HOST uses ssh://

with DOCKER_HOST=ssh://dev136.example.fom, I can easily do anthing with docker command

>$ DOCKER_HOST=ssh://dev136.example.fom gitlab-runner docker images
REPOSITORY                                                               TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
<none>                                                                   <none>              69c709baa7db        7 days ago          620MB
<none>                                                                   <none>              2e2b0aada7f3        9 days ago          482MB
<none>                                                                   <none>              775280246d96        9 days ago          346MB
<none>                                                                   <none>              a2898d77f174        9 days ago          320MB
<none>                                                                   <none>              78809a7e5664        10 days ago         59MB
sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli                                            latest              d2689cf15e84        2 weeks ago         379MB
<none>                                                                   <none>              301b9c4a19bc        4 weeks ago         422MB

but not with gitlab-runner

>$ DOCKER_HOST=ssh://dev136.example.fom gitlab-runner exec docker job_template

Runtime platform                                    arch=amd64 os=darwin pid=7290 revision=e95f89a0 version=13.4.1
Running with gitlab-runner 13.4.1 (e95f89a0)
Preparing the "docker" executor
ERROR: Failed to remove network for build
ERROR: Preparation failed: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ssh://dev136.example.fom. Is the docker daemon running? (docker.go:985:32s)
Will be retried in 3s ...
ERROR: Failed to remove network for build
ERROR: Preparation failed: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ssh://dev136.example.fom. Is the docker daemon running? (docker.go:985:32s)
Will be retried in 3s ...
ERROR: Failed to remove network for build
ERROR: Preparation failed: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ssh://dev136.example.fom. Is the docker daemon running? (docker.go:985:32s)
Will be retried in 3s ...
ERROR: Job failed (system failure): Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ssh://dev136.example.fom. Is the docker daemon running? (docker.go:985:32s)
FATAL: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at ssh://dev136.example.fom. Is the docker daemon running? (docker.go:985:32s)