diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cbb848abf..c0c219be5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ coverage.xml
 local_settings.py
 db.sqlite3
 db.sqlite3-journal
-.idea/
 
 # Flask stuff:
 instance/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d4021d8d..37ca16384 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ language: python
 
 services:
   - memcached
-  - redis-server
+  - redis
   - mysql
   - postgresql
 
 python:
-  - "2.7"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
   - "3.8"
 env:
-  - DJANGO="1.11"
   - DJANGO="2.0"
   - DJANGO="2.1"
   - DJANGO="2.2"
@@ -21,20 +19,9 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - python: 2.7
-      env: DJANGO=2.0
-    - python: 2.7
-      env: DJANGO=2.1
-    - python: 2.7
-      env: DJANGO=2.2
-    - python: 2.7
-      env: DJANGO=3.0
-
     - python: 3.5
       env: DJANGO=3.0
 
-    - python: 3.8
-      env: DJANGO=1.11
     - python: 3.8
       env: DJANGO=2.0
     - python: 3.8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6b692a2f9..9b9cc3b19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 What’s new in django-cachalot?
 ==============================
 
+2.3.0
+-----
+
+- Drop support for Django 1.11 and Python 2.7
+
 2.2.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3ec966695..c96fc9728 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ Documentation: http://django-cachalot.readthedocs.io
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
-Cachalot officially supports Python 2.7, 3.4-3.8 and Django 1.11, 2.0-2.2, 3.0 with the databases PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MySQL.
+Cachalot officially supports Python 3.5-3.8 and Django 2.0-2.2, 3.0 with the databases PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MySQL.
 
 Note 1: Python 3.4 with MySQL fails on tests. If your MySQL is configured correctly, then it may work.
 
-Note 2: Python 3.5 with Django 1.11 in tests prove to occasionally have performance issues.
-
 Third-Party Cache Comparison
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/cachalot/__init__.py b/cachalot/__init__.py
index 903b668b8..9879a164e 100644
--- a/cachalot/__init__.py
+++ b/cachalot/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (2, 2, 0)
+VERSION = (2, 3, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
 
 default_app_config = 'cachalot.apps.CachalotConfig'
diff --git a/cachalot/api.py b/cachalot/api.py
index 90df8a522..18110d1fb 100644
--- a/cachalot/api.py
+++ b/cachalot/api.py
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import connections
-try:
-    from django.utils.six import string_types
-except ImportError:
-    from six import string_types
 
 from .cache import cachalot_caches
 from .settings import cachalot_settings
@@ -34,12 +26,12 @@ def _cache_db_tables_iterator(tables, cache_alias, db_alias):
 
 def _get_tables(tables_or_models):
     for table_or_model in tables_or_models:
-        if isinstance(table_or_model, string_types) and '.' in table_or_model:
+        if isinstance(table_or_model, str) and '.' in table_or_model:
             try:
                 table_or_model = apps.get_model(table_or_model)
             except LookupError:
                 pass
-        yield (table_or_model if isinstance(table_or_model, string_types)
+        yield (table_or_model if isinstance(table_or_model, str)
                else table_or_model._meta.db_table)
 
 
diff --git a/cachalot/apps.py b/cachalot/apps.py
index b165063bf..a0ecea0bb 100644
--- a/cachalot/apps.py
+++ b/cachalot/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django import __version__ as django__version__, VERSION as django_version
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@
 
 @register(Tags.compatibility)
 def check_django_version(app_configs, **kwargs):
-    if not (1, 11) <= django_version < (3, 1):
+    if not (2, 0) <= django_version < (3, 1):
         return [Error(
             'Django %s is not compatible with this version of django-cachalot.'
             % django__version__,
diff --git a/cachalot/cache.py b/cachalot/cache.py
index 3fd64dd14..6acde1611 100644
--- a/cachalot/cache.py
+++ b/cachalot/cache.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import defaultdict
 from threading import local
 
diff --git a/cachalot/monkey_patch.py b/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
index 77db96e14..0ea2fd949 100644
--- a/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
+++ b/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import Iterable
+from functools import wraps
 from time import time
 
 from django.db.backends.utils import CursorWrapper
@@ -12,11 +10,6 @@
 )
 from django.db.transaction import Atomic, get_connection
 
-try:
-    from django.utils.six import binary_type, wraps
-except ImportError:
-    from six import binary_type, wraps
-
 from .api import invalidate
 from .cache import cachalot_caches
 from .settings import cachalot_settings, ITERABLES
@@ -129,7 +122,7 @@ def inner(cursor, sql, *args, **kwargs):
             finally:
                 connection = cursor.db
                 if getattr(connection, 'raw', True):
-                    if isinstance(sql, binary_type):
+                    if isinstance(sql, bytes):
                         sql = sql.decode('utf-8')
                     sql = sql.lower()
                     if 'update' in sql or 'insert' in sql or 'delete' in sql \
diff --git a/cachalot/panels.py b/cachalot/panels.py
index 3a7033d14..e9df54877 100644
--- a/cachalot/panels.py
+++ b/cachalot/panels.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from debug_toolbar.panels import Panel
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.timesince import timesince
 
 from .cache import cachalot_caches
diff --git a/cachalot/signals.py b/cachalot/signals.py
index 2d0ac207b..56892af98 100644
--- a/cachalot/signals.py
+++ b/cachalot/signals.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.dispatch import Signal
 
 
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/api.py b/cachalot/tests/api.py
index b31c6b3f9..aa4373236 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/api.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from time import time, sleep
 from unittest import skipIf
 
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/migrations/0001_initial.py b/cachalot/tests/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 41f11fcde..918cc3e03 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import (
     ArrayField, HStoreField, IntegerRangeField, JSONField, FloatRangeField,
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/models.py b/cachalot/tests/models.py
index fe109c1f5..fbb0d9ad5 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/models.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import (
     ArrayField, HStoreField,
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/multi_db.py b/cachalot/tests/multi_db.py
index e98aaeb2c..e0cfd367e 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/multi_db.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/multi_db.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from unittest import skipIf
 
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/postgres.py b/cachalot/tests/postgres.py
index 634b0f2d6..c89c6fdc2 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/postgres.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/postgres.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
 from unittest import skipUnless
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/read.py b/cachalot/tests/read.py
index 44420f5ee..f9fc03b5f 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/read.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/read.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import datetime
 from unittest import skipIf
 from uuid import UUID
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/settings.py b/cachalot/tests/settings.py
index 4709c6638..9385bc16a 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/settings.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from time import sleep
 from unittest import skipIf
 
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/signals.py b/cachalot/tests/signals.py
index 1ee5f0d0f..71e391162 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/signals.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/signals.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from unittest import skipIf
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/test_utils.py b/cachalot/tests/test_utils.py
index 7b3530dca..9f21f4157 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
 from django.db import connection, transaction
-try:
-    from django.utils.six import string_types
-except ImportError:
-    from six import string_types
 
 from .models import PostgresModel
 from ..utils import _get_tables
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ def force_repoen_connection(self):
             connection.cursor()
 
     def assert_tables(self, queryset, *tables):
-        tables = {table if isinstance(table, string_types)
+        tables = {table if isinstance(table, str)
                   else table._meta.db_table for table in tables}
         self.assertSetEqual(_get_tables(queryset.db, queryset.query), tables)
 
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/thread_safety.py b/cachalot/tests/thread_safety.py
index 30dd2a960..cd7cd6396 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/thread_safety.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/thread_safety.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from threading import Thread
 
 from django.db import connection, transaction
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/transaction.py b/cachalot/tests/transaction.py
index 411aaa7ad..00d7d8257 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/transaction.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/transaction.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import transaction, connection, IntegrityError
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/write.py b/cachalot/tests/write.py
index f3dff9175..05c1b0523 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/write.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/write.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from unittest import skipIf, skipUnless
 
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
diff --git a/cachalot/transaction.py b/cachalot/transaction.py
index 8e09c95e1..b8f7b28a5 100644
--- a/cachalot/transaction.py
+++ b/cachalot/transaction.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .settings import cachalot_settings
 
 
diff --git a/cachalot/utils.py b/cachalot/utils.py
index fc42d36ab..99ed5a98e 100644
--- a/cachalot/utils.py
+++ b/cachalot/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -13,10 +10,6 @@
 from django.db.models.functions import Now
 from django.db.models.sql import Query, AggregateQuery
 from django.db.models.sql.where import ExtraWhere, WhereNode, NothingNode
-try:
-    from django.utils.six import text_type, binary_type, integer_types
-except ImportError:
-    from six import text_type, binary_type, integer_types
 
 from .settings import ITERABLES, cachalot_settings
 from .transaction import AtomicCache
@@ -31,10 +24,9 @@ class IsRawQuery(Exception):
 
 
 CACHABLE_PARAM_TYPES = {
-    bool, int, float, Decimal, bytearray, binary_type, text_type, type(None),
+    bool, int, float, Decimal, bytearray, type(None),
     datetime.date, datetime.time, datetime.datetime, datetime.timedelta, UUID,
 }
-CACHABLE_PARAM_TYPES.update(integer_types)  # Adds long for Python 2
 UNCACHABLE_FUNCS = {Now, TransactionNow}
 
 try:
@@ -79,7 +71,7 @@ def get_query_cache_key(compiler):
     sql, params = compiler.as_sql()
     check_parameter_types(params)
     cache_key = '%s:%s:%s' % (compiler.using, sql,
-                              [text_type(p) for p in params])
+                              [str(p) for p in params])
     return sha1(cache_key.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 37d10bc70..82a39abb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Django>=1.11
-six>=1.13
\ No newline at end of file
+Django>=2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 239f434aa..dea18d066 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{27,35,36,37}-django1.11-{sqlite3,postgresql,mysql}-{redis,memcached,pylibmc,locmem,filebased},
     py{35,36,37}-django2.0-{sqlite3,postgresql,mysql}-{redis,memcached,pylibmc,locmem,filebased},
     py{35,36,37}-django2.1-{sqlite3,postgresql,mysql}-{redis,memcached,pylibmc,locmem,filebased},
     py{35,36,37,38}-django2.2-{sqlite3,postgresql,mysql}-{redis,memcached,pylibmc,locmem,filebased},
@@ -8,13 +7,11 @@ envlist =
 
 [testenv]
 basepython =
-    py27: python2.7
     py35: python3.5
     py36: python3.6
     py37: python3.7
     py38: python3.8
 deps =
-    django1.11: Django>=1.11,<1.12
     django2.0: Django>=2.0,<2.1
     django2.1: Django>=2.1,<2.2
     django2.2: Django>=2.2,<2.3
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ deps =
     django-debug-toolbar
     beautifulsoup4
     coverage
-    six
 setenv =
     sqlite3:    DB_ENGINE=sqlite3
     postgresql: DB_ENGINE=postgresql
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@ commands =
 
 [travis:env]
 DJANGO =
-  1.11: django1.11
   2.0: django2.0
   2.1: django2.1
   2.2: django2.2