diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c28240cdd..601c9a25f7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          NOSE_COVER_HTML_DIR={toxinidir}/cover
 
 [testenv:pep8]
-basepython = python2.7
-deps = {[testenv:py27]deps}
 commands =
   flake8 {posargs:swift test doc setup.py}
   flake8 --filename=swift* bin
@@ -46,10 +44,6 @@ commands =
   bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift -n 5
   ./.manpages {posargs}
 
-[testenv:py3pep8]
-basepython = python3
-commands = {[testenv:pep8]commands}
-
 [testenv:func-py3]
 basepython = python3
 commands = ./.functests {posargs}