diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 88e5a2c..77c8bdd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ language: python
 services:
   - redis
 python:
-  - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
   - "3.3"
   - "3.4"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ python:
   - "3.6-dev"
   - "pypy"
 install:
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.6 ]]; then pip install -r py26-requirements.txt; fi
   - pip install -e .
   - pip install pytest-cov
   - pip install coveralls
diff --git a/py26-requirements.txt b/py26-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 222f989..0000000
--- a/py26-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-unittest2
-importlib
-argparse
diff --git a/rq/logutils.py b/rq/logutils.py
index aeb2c8f..ed351fa 100644
--- a/rq/logutils.py
+++ b/rq/logutils.py
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ def setup_loghandlers(level):
     logger = logging.getLogger('rq.worker')
     if not _has_effective_handler(logger):
         logger.setLevel(level)
-        # This statement doesn't set level properly in Python-2.6
-        # Following is an additional check to see if level has been set to
-        # appropriate(int) value
-        if logger.getEffectiveLevel() == level:
-            # Python-2.6. Set again by using logging.INFO etc.
-            level_int = getattr(logging, level)
-            logger.setLevel(level_int)
         formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt='%(asctime)s %(message)s',
                                       datefmt='%H:%M:%S')
         handler = ColorizingStreamHandler()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7e2e48c..7b86294 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ def get_version():
     raise RuntimeError('No version info found.')
 
 
-def get_dependencies():
-    deps = ['redis >= 2.7.0', 'click >= 5.0']
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7) or \
-            (sys.version_info >= (3, 0) and sys.version_info < (3, 1)):
-        deps += ['importlib']
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7) or \
-            (sys.version_info >= (3, 0) and sys.version_info < (3, 2)):
-        deps += ['argparse']
-    return deps
-
 setup(
     name='rq',
     version=get_version(),
@@ -40,7 +30,11 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms='any',
-    install_requires=get_dependencies(),
+    install_requires=[
+        'redis >= 2.7.0',
+        'click >= 5.0'
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=2.7',
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'rq = rq.cli:main',
@@ -51,9 +45,6 @@ setup(
             'rqworker = rq.cli:worker',
         ],
     },
-    extras_require={
-        ':python_version=="2.6"': ['argparse', 'importlib'],
-    },
     classifiers=[
         # As from http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
         #'Development Status :: 1 - Planning',
diff --git a/tests/test_worker.py b/tests/test_worker.py
index 19d44a8..e29e371 100644
--- a/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import time
 from multiprocessing import Process
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from unittest import skipIf
 
 import pytest
 import mock
@@ -817,12 +818,9 @@ class TestWorkerSubprocess(RQTestCase):
         assert get_failed_queue().count == 0
         assert q.count == 0
 
-    # @skipIf('pypy' in sys.version.lower(), 'often times out with pypy')
+    @skipIf('pypy' in sys.version.lower(), 'often times out with pypy')
     def test_run_scheduled_access_self(self):
         """Schedule a job that schedules a job, then run the worker as subprocess"""
-        if 'pypy' in sys.version.lower():
-            # horrible bodge until we drop 2.6 support and can use skipIf
-            return
         q = Queue()
         q.enqueue(schedule_access_self)
         subprocess.check_call(['rqworker', '-u', self.redis_url, '-b'])