diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index c59aedc48..522bc865a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * gcc 7.0 or later, clang 6.0 or later, or a compiler with full C++17 support
  * libuuid (if not on macOS)
  * gnutls (optional)
- * python 2.7 or 3 (optional, for running the test suite)
+ * python 3 (optional, for running the test suite)
 
 ## Obtain and build code:
 ```