diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e4166cec..fba07895 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 
 python:
-  - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
   - "3.8"
   - "nightly"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - pip install .[test] .[linter]
-  - pip install -U setuptools
 
 script:
   # Conditional builds (related to env passed)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 969a5cb4..5771c6c3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ commands=
     coverage report --show-missing
 
 [testenv:linter]
+basepython=python3.8
 deps=
     .[linter]
 setenv =