BLD: Fix minimum Python version in setup.py (#12616)

* BLD: Fix minimum Python version in setup.py

See https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12480 for discussion.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9bbc08fb..da25ddde5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 5):
 import builtins
 
 
-python_requires = '>=3.5'
-
 CLASSIFIERS = """\
 Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
 Intended Audience :: Science/Research
@@ -371,7 +369,7 @@ def setup_package():
         platforms = ["Windows", "Linux", "Solaris", "Mac OS-X", "Unix"],
         test_suite='nose.collector',
         cmdclass={"sdist": sdist_checked},
-        python_requires='>=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*',
+        python_requires='>=3.5',
         zip_safe=False,
         entry_points={
             'console_scripts': f2py_cmds