diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 8d589726f6..55e38dd363 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export PIPENV_CACHE_DIR=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'pipenv_cache'`
 
 # on some Linux OS python is python3
 PYTHON=${PYTHON:-"python"}
-PIPENV_PYTHON="${PIPENV_PYTHON:-3.7}"
+PIPENV_PYTHON="${PIPENV_PYTHON:-3.8}"
 
 PIP_CALL="${PIP_CALL:-${PYTHON} -m pip install --user}"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index e16f783517..3a4c88f29b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
         pytest.skip('test not applicable on python 3.8')
     if item.get_closest_marker('skip_osx') is not None and sys.platform == 'darwin':
         pytest.skip('test does not apply on OSX')
-    if item.get_closest_marker('lte_py36') is not None and (
-        sys.version_info >= (3, 7)
-    ):
-        pytest.skip('test only runs on python < 3.7')
-    if item.get_closest_marker('skip_py36') is not None and (
-        sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 6)
-    ):
-        pytest.skip('test is skipped on python 3.6')
     if item.get_closest_marker('skip_windows') is not None and (os.name == 'nt'):
         pytest.skip('test does not run on windows')