diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d783ed71..d78bb253 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ env:
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.29.6 PYTHON=3.5
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.29.6 PYTHON=3.4
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.29.6 PYTHON=2.7
-    - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.29.6 PYTHON=2.6
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.19.2 PYTHON=3.6
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.19.2 PYTHON=3.5
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.19.2 PYTHON=3.4
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.19.2 PYTHON=2.7
-    - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.19.2 PYTHON=2.6
     - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.15.1 PYTHON=2.7
-    - SLURM=19.05.0 CYTHON=0.15.1 PYTHON=2.6
 services:
   - docker
 before_install:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ab09ae5c..7c56036d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ Prerequisites
 
 * `Slurm <https://www.schedmd.com>`_
 * `Python <https://www.python.org>`_
-* `Cython <http://cython.org>`_
+* `Cython <https://cython.org>`_
 
 This PySlurm branch has been tested with:
 
 * Cython 0.15.1*, 0.19.2, and the latest stable
-* Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.4
+* Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6
 * Slurm 19.05.0
 
     Note: Cython 0.15.1 is only tested on Python 2.7.
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ This PySlurm branch has been tested with:
 Installation
 ************
 
-You will need to instruct the setup.py script where either the Slurm install root
-directory or where the Slurm libraries and Slurm include files are :
+You will need to instruct the setup.py script where either the Slurm install
+root directory or where the Slurm libraries and Slurm include files are:
 
 #. Slurm default directory (/usr):
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6050f943..b7d4920d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ def info(logstring):
         info("Cython version %s installed" % cython_version)
         fatal("Please use Cython version >= %s" % CYTHON_VERSION_MIN)
 except:
-    fatal("Cython (http://cython.org) is required to build PySlurm")
+    fatal("Cython (https://cython.org) is required to build PySlurm")
     fatal("Please use Cython version >= %s" % CYTHON_VERSION_MIN)
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6) or (3, 0) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 4):
-    fatal("Python >= 2.6 or >= 3.4 is required to run PySlurm.")
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7) or (3, 0) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 4):
+    fatal("Python == 2.7 or >= 3.4 is required to run PySlurm.")
 
 
 class Pyslurm:
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ def setup_package(self):
                 'Programming Language :: Cython',
                 'Programming Language :: Python',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-                'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',