diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18112a737..a55e5ef53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ setup(
 if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 0):
     sys.stderr.write('+-----------------------------------------------+\n')
     sys.stderr.write('| Running Limnoria on Python 2.6 is deprecated. |\n')
-    sys.stderr.write('| Please consider upgrading to Python 3.x (or   |\n')
-    sys.stderr.write('| at least 2.7)                                 |\n')
+    sys.stderr.write('| Please consider upgrading to Python 3.x.      |\n')
     sys.stderr.write('+-----------------------------------------------+\n')
 
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