diff --git a/asv_bench/asv.conf.json b/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
index e3933b400e6..11a779ae376 100644
--- a/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv_bench/asv.conf.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     // The Pythons you'd like to test against.  If not provided, defaults
     // to the current version of Python used to run `asv`.
-    "pythons": ["2.7", "3.6"],
+    "pythons": ["3.6"],
 
     // The matrix of dependencies to test.  Each key is the name of a
     // package (in PyPI) and the values are version numbers.  An empty