diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f018a2d5..a4eb0079 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Aaron Ross <aaron@wawd.com>
 Adam Endicott
 Alex Stapleton <alex.stapleton@artfinder.com>
+Alexandr Artemyev <mogost@gmail.com>
 Alvaro Vega <avega@tid.es>
 Andrew Frankel
 Andrew Watts <andrewwatts@gmail.com>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9c72d9f..96d596f6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,26 +8,9 @@
 import setuptools
 import setuptools.command.test
 
-try:
-    import platform
-    _pyimp = platform.python_implementation
-except (AttributeError, ImportError):
-    def _pyimp():
-        return 'Python'
-
 NAME = 'django-celery-beat'
 PACKAGE = 'django_celery_beat'
 
-E_UNSUPPORTED_PYTHON = f'{NAME} 1.0 requires %s %s or later!'
-
-PYIMP = _pyimp()
-PY38_OR_LESS = sys.version_info < (3, 8)
-PYPY_VERSION = getattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info', None)
-PYPY24_ATLEAST = PYPY_VERSION and PYPY_VERSION >= (2, 4)
-
-if PY38_OR_LESS and not PYPY24_ATLEAST:
-    raise Exception(E_UNSUPPORTED_PYTHON % (PYIMP, '3.8'))
-
 # -*- Classifiers -*-
 
 classes = """
@@ -148,6 +131,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     url=meta['homepage'],
     platforms=['any'],
     license='BSD',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
     install_requires=reqs('default.txt') + reqs('runtime.txt'),
     tests_require=reqs('test.txt') + reqs('test-django.txt'),
     cmdclass={'test': pytest},