diff --git a/pylint/config/argument.py b/pylint/config/argument.py
index 3bf9908241..30a5fd1753 100644
--- a/pylint/config/argument.py
+++ b/pylint/config/argument.py
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 from pylint import interfaces
 from pylint import utils as pylint_utils
-from pylint.config.callback_actions import _CallbackAction, _ExtendAction
+from pylint.config.callback_actions import _CallbackAction
 from pylint.config.deprecation_actions import _NewNamesAction, _OldNamesAction
-from pylint.constants import PY38_PLUS
 
 _ArgumentTypes = Union[
     str,
@@ -371,11 +370,7 @@ def __init__(
         choices: list[str] | None,
         dest: str | None,
     ) -> None:
-        # The extend action is included in the stdlib from 3.8+
-        if PY38_PLUS:
-            action_class = argparse._ExtendAction
-        else:
-            action_class = _ExtendAction  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        action_class = argparse._ExtendAction
 
         self.dest = dest
         """The destination of the argument."""
diff --git a/pylint/config/callback_actions.py b/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
index 7c93f25537..0044e1fcd2 100644
--- a/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
+++ b/pylint/config/callback_actions.py
@@ -54,27 +54,6 @@ def __call__(
         return None
 
 
-class _ExtendAction(argparse._AppendAction):
-    """Action that adds the value to a pre-existing list.
-
-    It is directly copied from the stdlib implementation which is only available
-    on 3.8+.
-    """
-
-    def __call__(
-        self,
-        parser: argparse.ArgumentParser,
-        namespace: argparse.Namespace,
-        values: str | Sequence[Any] | None,
-        option_string: str | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        assert isinstance(values, (tuple, list))
-        current = getattr(namespace, self.dest, [])
-        assert isinstance(current, list)
-        current.extend(values)
-        setattr(namespace, self.dest, current)
-
-
 class _AccessRunObjectAction(_CallbackAction):
     """Action that has access to the Run object."""
 
diff --git a/pylint/testutils/checker_test_case.py b/pylint/testutils/checker_test_case.py
index 343eb82540..3ffbbc44ad 100644
--- a/pylint/testutils/checker_test_case.py
+++ b/pylint/testutils/checker_test_case.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from astroid import nodes
 
-from pylint.constants import IS_PYPY, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS
+from pylint.constants import IS_PYPY, PY39_PLUS
 from pylint.testutils.global_test_linter import linter
 from pylint.testutils.output_line import MessageTest
 from pylint.testutils.unittest_linter import UnittestLinter
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def assertAddsMessages(
 
             assert expected_msg.line == gotten_msg.line, msg
             assert expected_msg.col_offset == gotten_msg.col_offset, msg
-            if PY38_PLUS and not IS_PYPY or PY39_PLUS:
+            if not IS_PYPY or PY39_PLUS:
                 assert expected_msg.end_line == gotten_msg.end_line, msg
                 assert expected_msg.end_col_offset == gotten_msg.end_col_offset, msg
 
diff --git a/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py b/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
index 5ddb2c03bb..a38c8646bb 100644
--- a/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
+++ b/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 import copy
 import json
 import logging
-import re
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
-from pylint.constants import PY38_PLUS
 from pylint.lint import Run
 
 # We use Any in this typing because the configuration contains real objects and constants
@@ -24,13 +22,6 @@
 PylintConfiguration = Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]
 
 
-if not PY38_PLUS:
-    # We need to deepcopy a compiled regex pattern
-    # In python 3.6 and 3.7 this requires a hack
-    # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/56935186
-    copy._deepcopy_dispatch[type(re.compile(""))] = lambda r, _: r  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-
-
 def get_expected_or_default(
     tested_configuration_file: str | Path,
     suffix: str,
diff --git a/pylint/testutils/functional/lint_module_output_update.py b/pylint/testutils/functional/lint_module_output_update.py
index 8855fd1aab..072e9f7244 100644
--- a/pylint/testutils/functional/lint_module_output_update.py
+++ b/pylint/testutils/functional/lint_module_output_update.py
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 import csv
 import os
 
-from _pytest.config import Config
-
-from pylint.constants import PY38_PLUS
-from pylint.testutils.functional.test_file import FunctionalTestFile
 from pylint.testutils.lint_module_test import LintModuleTest, MessageCounter
 from pylint.testutils.output_line import OutputLine
 
@@ -28,17 +24,6 @@ class TestDialect(csv.excel):
 
     csv.register_dialect("test", TestDialect)
 
-    def __init__(
-        self, test_file: FunctionalTestFile, config: Config | None = None
-    ) -> None:
-        if not PY38_PLUS:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "You need at least python 3.8 for the functional test updater to work. "
-                "This is because python 3.8 includes a new AST parser, which amongst others "
-                "returns the end line and end column of most nodes."
-            )
-        super().__init__(test_file, config)
-
     def _check_output_text(
         self,
         _: MessageCounter,
diff --git a/pylint/testutils/output_line.py b/pylint/testutils/output_line.py
index 95f24cc129..c979a049c3 100644
--- a/pylint/testutils/output_line.py
+++ b/pylint/testutils/output_line.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 from astroid import nodes
 
-from pylint.constants import PY38_PLUS
 from pylint.interfaces import UNDEFINED, Confidence
 from pylint.message.message import Message
 
@@ -60,13 +59,7 @@ def from_msg(cls, msg: Message, check_endline: bool = True) -> OutputLine:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_column(column: str | int) -> int:
-        """Handle column numbers except for python < 3.8.
-
-        The ast parser in those versions doesn't return them.
-        """
-        if not PY38_PLUS:
-            # We check the column only for the new better ast parser introduced in python 3.8
-            return 0  # pragma: no cover
+        """Handle column numbers."""
         return int(column)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/testutils/test_lint_module_output_update.py b/tests/testutils/test_lint_module_output_update.py
index a8bfc5fde7..038dc77ed3 100644
--- a/tests/testutils/test_lint_module_output_update.py
+++ b/tests/testutils/test_lint_module_output_update.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from pylint.constants import IS_PYPY, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS
+from pylint.constants import IS_PYPY, PY39_PLUS
 from pylint.testutils import FunctionalTestFile, LintModuleTest
 from pylint.testutils.functional import LintModuleOutputUpdate
 
@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ def inner(base: str) -> tuple[Path, Path, LintModuleOutputUpdate]:
     return inner
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(PY38_PLUS, reason="Requires python 3.7 or lower")
-def test_not_py38(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="new AST parser"):
-        LintModuleOutputUpdate(
-            test_file=FunctionalTestFile(str(tmp_path), str(tmp_path / "filename.py"))
-        )
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not PY38_PLUS, reason="Requires python 3.8 or superior")
 def test_lint_module_output_update_fail_before(
     lint_module_fixture: Callable[[str], tuple[Path, Path, LintModuleOutputUpdate]]
 ) -> None:
@@ -56,7 +47,6 @@ def test_lint_module_output_update_fail_before(
     assert not expected_output_file.exists()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not PY38_PLUS, reason="Requires python 3.8 or superior")
 def test_lint_module_output_update_effective(
     lint_module_fixture: Callable[[str], tuple[Path, Path, LintModuleOutputUpdate]]
 ) -> None:
@@ -71,7 +61,6 @@ def test_lint_module_output_update_effective(
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not PY38_PLUS, reason="Requires python 3.8 or superior")
 def test_lint_module_output_update_remove_useless_txt(
     lint_module_fixture: Callable[[str], tuple[Path, Path, LintModuleOutputUpdate]]
 ) -> None:
@@ -84,7 +73,7 @@ def test_lint_module_output_update_remove_useless_txt(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not PY38_PLUS or (IS_PYPY and not PY39_PLUS),
+    IS_PYPY and not PY39_PLUS,
     reason="Requires accurate 'end_col' value to update output",
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/testutils/test_output_line.py b/tests/testutils/test_output_line.py
index 8e9cf2800b..311ae9340a 100644
--- a/tests/testutils/test_output_line.py
+++ b/tests/testutils/test_output_line.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from pylint.constants import PY38_PLUS
 from pylint.interfaces import HIGH, INFERENCE, Confidence
 from pylint.message import Message
 from pylint.testutils.output_line import OutputLine
@@ -62,12 +61,10 @@ def test_output_line() -> None:
 
 def test_output_line_from_message(message: _MessageCallable) -> None:
     """Test that the OutputLine NamedTuple is instantiated correctly with from_msg."""
-    expected_column = 2 if PY38_PLUS else 0
-
     output_line = OutputLine.from_msg(message())
     assert output_line.symbol == "missing-docstring"
     assert output_line.lineno == 1
-    assert output_line.column == expected_column
+    assert output_line.column == 2
     assert output_line.end_lineno == 1
     assert output_line.end_column == 3
     assert output_line.object == "obj"
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ def test_output_line_from_message(message: _MessageCallable) -> None:
     output_line_with_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(), True)
     assert output_line_with_end.symbol == "missing-docstring"
     assert output_line_with_end.lineno == 1
-    assert output_line_with_end.column == expected_column
+    assert output_line_with_end.column == 2
     assert output_line_with_end.end_lineno == 1
     assert output_line_with_end.end_column == 3
     assert output_line_with_end.object == "obj"
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ def test_output_line_from_message(message: _MessageCallable) -> None:
     output_line_without_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(), False)
     assert output_line_without_end.symbol == "missing-docstring"
     assert output_line_without_end.lineno == 1
-    assert output_line_without_end.column == expected_column
+    assert output_line_without_end.column == 2
     assert output_line_without_end.end_lineno is None
     assert output_line_without_end.end_column is None
     assert output_line_without_end.object == "obj"
@@ -102,11 +99,10 @@ def test_output_line_to_csv(confidence: Confidence, message: _MessageCallable) -
     """
     output_line = OutputLine.from_msg(message(confidence), True)
     csv = output_line.to_csv()
-    expected_column = "2" if PY38_PLUS else "0"
     assert csv == (
         "missing-docstring",
         "1",
-        expected_column,
+        "2",
         "1",
         "3",
         "obj",
@@ -116,11 +112,10 @@ def test_output_line_to_csv(confidence: Confidence, message: _MessageCallable) -
 
     output_line_without_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(confidence), False)
     csv = output_line_without_end.to_csv()
-    expected_column = "2" if PY38_PLUS else "0"
     assert csv == (
         "missing-docstring",
         "1",
-        expected_column,
+        "2",
         "None",
         "None",
         "obj",
@@ -134,13 +129,12 @@ def test_output_line_from_csv() -> None:
     Test OutputLine of length 8.
     """
     proper_csv = ["missing-docstring", "1", "2", "1", "None", "obj", "msg", "HIGH"]
-    expected_column = 2 if PY38_PLUS else 0
 
     output_line = OutputLine.from_csv(proper_csv)
     assert output_line == OutputLine(
         symbol="missing-docstring",
         lineno=1,
-        column=expected_column,
+        column=2,
         end_lineno=1,
         end_column=None,
         object="obj",
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ def test_output_line_from_csv() -> None:
     assert output_line_with_end == OutputLine(
         symbol="missing-docstring",
         lineno=1,
-        column=expected_column,
+        column=2,
         end_lineno=1,
         end_column=None,
         object="obj",
@@ -162,7 +156,7 @@ def test_output_line_from_csv() -> None:
     assert output_line_without_end == OutputLine(
         symbol="missing-docstring",
         lineno=1,
-        column=expected_column,
+        column=2,
         end_lineno=None,
         end_column=None,
         object="obj",