diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d84fd753..4acd2e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -22,24 +21,12 @@ jobs:
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
-        include:
-          - python: "2.7"
-            container: "python:2.7"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-        if: matrix.container == null
-      - name: Install sudo
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y sudo debian-archive-keyring
-        if: matrix.container != null
-      - name: Install git and git-annex from backports
-        run: |
-          echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
-          apt-get update && apt-get install -y git/buster-backports git-annex/buster-backports
-        if: matrix.container != null
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -r requirements-test.txt
       - name: Install RPM tools
diff --git a/docs/source/development.rst b/docs/source/development.rst
index c69d32e1..be9f5ece 100644
--- a/docs/source/development.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Developing Obal
 ===============
 
-Obal is written with support for Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 or higher. To provide the command line we rely on the Python built in `argparse`_ and `Ansible`_. For testing we use `Pytest`_ but this is wrapped up with `Tox`_ to test multiple environments.
+Obal is written with support for Python 3.5 or higher. To provide the command line we rely on the Python built in `argparse`_ and `Ansible`_. For testing we use `Pytest`_ but this is wrapped up with `Tox`_ to test multiple environments.
 
 .. _argparse: https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html
 .. _Ansible: https://www.ansible.com/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52065246..d37fa1ef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ def find_package_data(package, data_dir):
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5d4d8d3d..926f379d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # and then run "tox" from this directory.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py27,py36,py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,ansible-lint
+envlist = py36,py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,ansible-lint
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ select = E,W,F
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-  2.7: py27
   3.6: py36
   3.7: py37
   3.8: py38