diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index e1fc22e4..c8a279c1 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -215,12 +215,9 @@
       if String($python::version) =~ /^python3/ {
         $pip_package  = "${python}-pip"
         $pip_provider = $python.regsubst(/^.*python3\.?/,'pip3.').regsubst(/\.$/,'')
-      } elsif ($facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat') and (versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '8') >= 0) {
+      } elsif $facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat' {
         $pip_package  = 'python3-pip'
         $pip_provider = pip3
-      } elsif ($facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat') and (versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '7') >= 0) {
-        $pip_package  = 'python2-pip'
-        $pip_provider = pip2
       } elsif $facts['os']['family'] == 'FreeBSD' {
         $pip_package  = "py${python::version}-pip"
         $pip_provider = 'pip'
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index c3cd8010..80d0d684 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
     {
       "operatingsystem": "CentOS",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
-        "7",
-        "8",
         "9"
       ]
     },
diff --git a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
index 54c47fc7..fd39b26d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
@@ -265,76 +265,6 @@
           end
         when 'RedHat', 'CentOS'
           case facts[:os]['release']['major']
-          when '7'
-
-            context 'on a Redhat 7 OS' do
-              it { is_expected.to contain_class('python::install') }
-              it { is_expected.to contain_package('pip').with_name('python2-pip') }
-
-              describe 'with python::version' do
-                context 'python36' do
-                  let(:params) { { version: 'python36' } }
-
-                  it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
-                  it { is_expected.to contain_package('pip').with_name('python36-pip') }
-                  it { is_expected.to contain_package('python').with_name('python36') }
-                  it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-dev').with_name('python36-devel') }
-                end
-              end
-
-              describe 'with manage_gunicorn' do
-                context 'true' do
-                  let(:params) { { manage_gunicorn: true } }
-
-                  it { is_expected.to contain_package('gunicorn').with_name('python-gunicorn') }
-                end
-
-                context 'empty args' do
-                  # let(:params) {{ :manage_gunicorn => '' }}
-                  it { is_expected.to contain_package('gunicorn').with_name('python-gunicorn') }
-                end
-
-                context 'false' do
-                  let(:params) { { manage_gunicorn: false } }
-
-                  it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('gunicorn') }
-                end
-              end
-
-              describe 'with python::provider' do
-                context 'scl' do
-                  describe 'with version' do
-                    context '3.6 SCL meta package' do
-                      let(:params) { { version: 'rh-python36' } }
-
-                      it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
-                    end
-
-                    context '3.6 SCL python package' do
-                      let(:params) { { version: 'rh-python36-python' } }
-
-                      it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
-                    end
-                  end
-
-                  describe 'with manage_scl' do
-                    context 'true' do
-                      let(:params) { { provider: 'scl', manage_scl: true } }
-
-                      it { is_expected.to contain_package('centos-release-scl') }
-                      it { is_expected.to contain_package('scl-utils') }
-                    end
-
-                    context 'false' do
-                      let(:params) { { provider: 'scl', manage_scl: false } }
-
-                      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('centos-release-scl') }
-                      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('scl-utils') }
-                    end
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-            end
           when '8'
             context 'on a Redhat 8 OS' do
               it { is_expected.to contain_class('python::install') }