diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ec93677..3c8491d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "2.7", "3.5", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/entrypoints.py b/entrypoints.py
index 62f1dea..5f6d726 100644
--- a/entrypoints.py
+++ b/entrypoints.py
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
 import warnings
 import zipfile
 
-if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-    import configparser
-else:
-    from backports import configparser
+import configparser
 
 entry_point_pattern = re.compile(r"""
 (?P<modulename>\w+(\.\w+)*)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 86940a0..1279b10 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ home-page = "https://github.com/takluyver/entrypoints"
 description-file = "README.rst"
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=2.7"
-requires = ["configparser (>=3.5); python_version == '2.7'"]
+requires-python = ">=3.6"
 
 [tool.flit.metadata.urls]
 Documentation = "https://entrypoints.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"