diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 6002dcd69..26ac9a7c2 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
       - publish-openstack-docs-pti
       - openstack-cover-jobs
       - openstack-lower-constraints-jobs
-      - openstack-python-jobs
-      - openstack-python3-train-jobs
+      - openstack-python3-ussuri-jobs
       - release-notes-jobs-python3
     check:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-functional
         - openstack-tox-functional-py36
         - openstack-tox-functional-py37
+        - openstack-tox-pep8
         - placement-nova-tox-functional-py37
         - placement-nested-perfload:
             voting: false
@@ -46,9 +45,9 @@
             irrelevant-files: *gate-irrelevant-files
     gate:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-functional
         - openstack-tox-functional-py36
         - openstack-tox-functional-py37
+        - openstack-tox-pep8
         - placement-nova-tox-functional-py37
         - tempest-integrated-placement:
             irrelevant-files: *gate-irrelevant-files
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/drop-python-2-aabea7dcdeca7ebf.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/drop-python-2-aabea7dcdeca7ebf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42abf96c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/drop-python-2-aabea7dcdeca7ebf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Python 2.7 support has been dropped. The minimum version of Python now
+    supported by placement is Python 3.6.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4c5b94adf..f232dfe43 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ classifier =
     License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
     Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b755882f7..f1294eff6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.1.1
-envlist = py27,py37,functional,functional-py37,pep8
+envlist = py37,functional-py37,pep8
 skipsdist = True
 # Automatic envs (pyXX) will use the python version appropriate to that
 # env and ignore basepython inherited from [testenv]. That's what we
@@ -34,12 +34,8 @@ passenv =
 # there is also secret magic in subunit-trace which lets you run in a fail only
 # mode. To do this define the TRACE_FAILONLY environmental variable.
 
-# The functional environment is both the base env for functional tests and
-# also the python 2.7 version of functional tests. This is a historical
-# artifact.
+# The functional environment is the base env for functional tests.
 [testenv:functional]
-basepython = python2.7
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/py27
 commands =
   stestr --test-path=./placement/tests/functional run {posargs}