diff --git a/changelog/2812.removal b/changelog/2812.removal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c619ee2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/2812.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+remove support for the eol python versions 2.6 and 3.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d74e6bca..b58a4014c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
     'Topic :: Utilities',
 ] + [
     ('Programming Language :: Python :: %s' % x)
-    for x in '2 2.6 2.7 3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6'.split()
+    for x in '2.7 3 3.4 3.5 3.6'.split()
 ]
 
 with open('README.rst') as fd:
@@ -50,12 +50,8 @@ def main():
         install_requires.append('pluggy>=0.4.0,<0.5')
     extras_require = {}
     if has_environment_marker_support():
-        extras_require[':python_version=="2.6"'] = ['argparse', 'ordereddict']
         extras_require[':sys_platform=="win32"'] = ['colorama']
     else:
-        if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-            install_requires.append('argparse')
-            install_requires.append('ordereddict')
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             install_requires.append('colorama')
 
@@ -69,9 +65,11 @@ def main():
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
-        author='Holger Krekel, Bruno Oliveira, Ronny Pfannschmidt, Floris Bruynooghe, Brianna Laugher, Florian Bruhin and others',
-        entry_points={'console_scripts':
-                          ['pytest=pytest:main', 'py.test=pytest:main']},
+        author=(
+            'Holger Krekel, Bruno Oliveira, Ronny Pfannschmidt, '
+            'Floris Bruynooghe, Brianna Laugher, Florian Bruhin and others'),
+        entry_points={'console_scripts': [
+            'pytest=pytest:main', 'py.test=pytest:main']},
         classifiers=classifiers,
         keywords="test unittest",
         cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
@@ -87,10 +85,13 @@ def main():
 
 class PyTest(Command):
     user_options = []
+
     def initialize_options(self):
         pass
+
     def finalize_options(self):
         pass
+
     def run(self):
         import subprocess
         PPATH = [x for x in os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH', '').split(':') if x]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f6dfe82f4..0f9611e7d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ distshare = {homedir}/.tox/distshare
 # make sure to update environment list in travis.yml and appveyor.yml
 envlist =
     linting
-    py26
     py27
     py33
     py34
@@ -27,13 +26,6 @@ deps =
     mock
     requests
 
-[testenv:py26]
-# pinning mock to last supported version for python 2.6
-deps =
-    hypothesis<3.0
-    nose
-    mock<1.1
-
 [testenv:py27-subprocess]
 changedir = .
 deps =
@@ -54,7 +46,7 @@ deps =
     pygments
     restructuredtext_lint
 commands =
-    flake8 pytest.py _pytest testing
+    flake8 pytest.py _pytest testing setup.py pytest.py
     {envpython} scripts/check-rst.py
 
 [testenv:py27-xdist]
@@ -174,7 +166,7 @@ usedevelop = True
 deps =
     autopep8
 commands =
-    autopep8 --in-place -r --max-line-length=120 --exclude=test_source_multiline_block.py _pytest testing
+    autopep8 --in-place -r --max-line-length=120 --exclude=test_source_multiline_block.py _pytest testing setup.py pytest.py
 
 [testenv:jython]
 changedir = testing