diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e860e38c..b66f5580 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ check:
 check-short: pytest
 	$(MAKE) -C test check-short
 
+# Note for 2.6 use <=3.0.1 see requirements-dev.txt
 #: Tests for Python 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4
 check-2.6 check-2.7 check-3.3 check-3.4: pytest
 	$(MAKE) -C test $@
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@ check-3.0 check-3.1 check-3.2 check-3.5 check-3.6:
 
 check-3.7: pytest
 
-#:Tests for Python 2.6 (doesn't have pytest)
-check-2.6:
-	$(MAKE) -C test $@
-
 #:PyPy 2.6.1 PyPy 5.0.1, or PyPy 5.8.0-beta0
 # Skip for now
 2.6 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.8:
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b770d5b0..2f00c1eb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 pytest>=3.0.0,<=3.0.1
 flake8
 hypothesis<=3.0.0
-importlib