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@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ glymur: a Python interface for JPEG 2000
 
 **glymur** contains a Python interface to the OpenJPEG library which
 allows one to read and write JPEG 2000 files.  **glymur** works on
-Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3.  Python 3.3 is strongly
-recommended.
+Python 2.7 and 3.3.  Python 3.3 is strongly recommended.
 
 Please read the docs, https://glymur.readthedocs.org/en/latest/