diff --git a/TESTING.rst b/TESTING.rst
index b375148049..c057490b34 100644
--- a/TESTING.rst
+++ b/TESTING.rst
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ To run the full suite of tests maintained within Octavia.
 
 
 To run tests for one or more specific test environments(for example, the most
-common configuration of Python 3.8 and PEP-8), list the environments with the
+common configuration of Python 3 and PEP-8), list the environments with the
 ``-e`` option, separated by spaces:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ tox -e py38,pep8
+    $ tox -e py3,pep8
 
 See ``tox -l`` for the full list of available test environments.
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e42b5c7a60..90fcecedfc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ setenv = OS_TEST_PATH={toxinidir}/octavia/tests/functional
 [testenv:functional-py3]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH={toxinidir}/octavia/tests/functional
 
-[testenv:functional-py38]
-setenv = OS_TEST_PATH={toxinidir}/octavia/tests/functional
-
 [testenv:functional-py39]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH={toxinidir}/octavia/tests/functional