diff --git a/github_backup/github_backup.py b/github_backup/github_backup.py
index 9f17110..dc69e68 100644
--- a/github_backup/github_backup.py
+++ b/github_backup/github_backup.py
@@ -19,30 +19,14 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import platform
-PY2 = False
-try:
-    # python 3
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-    from urllib.parse import quote as urlquote
-    from urllib.parse import urlencode
-    from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
-    from urllib.request import urlopen
-    from urllib.request import Request
-    from urllib.request import HTTPRedirectHandler
-    from urllib.request import build_opener
-    from subprocess import SubprocessError
-except ImportError:
-    # python 2
-    PY2 = True
-    from subprocess import CalledProcessError as SubprocessError
-    from urlparse import urlparse
-    from urllib import quote as urlquote
-    from urllib import urlencode
-    from urllib2 import HTTPError, URLError
-    from urllib2 import urlopen
-    from urllib2 import Request
-    from urllib2 import HTTPRedirectHandler
-    from urllib2 import build_opener
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.parse import quote as urlquote
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+from urllib.request import Request
+from urllib.request import HTTPRedirectHandler
+from urllib.request import build_opener
 
 try:
     from . import __version__
@@ -366,10 +350,9 @@ def get_auth(args, encode=True, for_git_cli=False):
                         '-s', args.osx_keychain_item_name,
                         '-a', args.osx_keychain_item_account,
                         '-w'], stderr=devnull).strip())
-                if not PY2:
-                    token = token.decode('utf-8')
+                token = token.decode('utf-8')
                 auth = token + ':' + 'x-oauth-basic'
-            except SubprocessError:
+            except subprocess.SubprocessError:
                 log_error('No password item matching the provided name and account could be found in the osx keychain.')
     elif args.osx_keychain_item_account:
         log_error('You must specify both name and account fields for osx keychain password items')
@@ -553,8 +536,7 @@ def _construct_request(per_page, page, query_args, template, auth, as_app=None):
         if not as_app:
             request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic '.encode('ascii') + auth)
         else:
-            if not PY2:
-                auth = auth.encode('ascii')
+            auth = auth.encode('ascii')
             request.add_header('Authorization', 'token '.encode('ascii') + auth)
             request.add_header('Accept', 'application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json')
     log_info('Requesting {}?{}'.format(template, querystring))
@@ -612,11 +594,7 @@ class S3HTTPRedirectHandler(HTTPRedirectHandler):
     so we should remove said header on redirect.
     """
     def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl):
-        if PY2:
-            # HTTPRedirectHandler is an old style class
-            request = HTTPRedirectHandler.redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl)
-        else:
-            request = super(S3HTTPRedirectHandler, self).redirect_request(req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl)
+        request = super(S3HTTPRedirectHandler, self).redirect_request(req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl)
         del request.headers['Authorization']
         return request
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85e2d5f..9764f42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
+from setuptools import setup
+
 from github_backup import __version__
 
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-    setup  # workaround for pyflakes issue #13
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-# Hack to prevent stupid TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable error on
-# exit of python setup.py test # in multiprocessing/util.py _exit_function when
-# running python setup.py test (see
-# http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2010-May/003357.html)
-try:
-    import multiprocessing
-    multiprocessing
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 
 def open_file(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname))
@@ -37,9 +23,10 @@ setup(
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Backup',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     ],
     description='backup a github user or organization',
     long_description=open_file('README.rst').read(),