diff --git a/news/5496.bugfix.rst b/news/5496.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab3119beb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5496.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Stop building universal wheels since Python 2 is no longer supported.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 03e3de7ba8..ec7773a25b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,3 @@ ignore =
 
 [coverage:run]
 parallel = true
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1