diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index af09393..ef9d669 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ notifications:
   - pytest-commit@python.org
 
 python:
-- '2.6'
 - '2.7'
 - '3.4'
 - '3.5'
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ env:
 - TOXENV=py-pytest30
 - TOXENV=py-pytest31
 - TOXENV=py-pytest32
+- TOXENV=py-pytest33
 
 install: pip install tox setuptools_scm
 script: tox
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7ab4487..9cf17d8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 
 
 .. image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pytest-xdist.svg
+    :alt: PyPI version
+    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-xdist
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pytest-xdist.svg
+    :alt: Python versions
     :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-xdist
 
 .. image:: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pytest-xdist/badges/version.svg
+    :alt: Anaconda version
     :target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pytest-xdist
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist.svg?branch=master
+    :alt: Travis CI build status
     :target: https://travis-ci.org/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
 
 .. image:: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/56eq1a1avd4sdd7e/branch/master?svg=true
+    :alt: AppVeyor build status
     :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pytestbot/pytest-xdist
 
 xdist: pytest distributed testing plugin
@@ -229,7 +237,7 @@ You can also add default environments like this:
 .. code-block:: ini
 
     [pytest]
-    addopts = --tx ssh=myhost//python=python2.5 --tx ssh=myhost//python=python2.6
+    addopts = --tx ssh=myhost//python=python2.5 --tx ssh=myhost//python=python3.6
 
 and then just type::
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index dfb8416..3c387e6 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 environment:
   matrix:
   # note: please use "tox --listenvs" to populate the build matrix
-  - TOXENV: "py26-pytest30"
-  - TOXENV: "py27-pytest30"
-  - TOXENV: "py34-pytest30"
-  - TOXENV: "py35-pytest30"
-  - TOXENV: "py36-pytest30"
-  - TOXENV: "py27-pytest30-pexpect"
-  - TOXENV: "py35-pytest30-pexpect"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-pytest33"
+  - TOXENV: "py34-pytest33"
+  - TOXENV: "py35-pytest33"
+  - TOXENV: "py36-pytest33"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-pytest33-pexpect"
+  - TOXENV: "py36-pytest33-pexpect"
   - TOXENV: "flakes"
   - TOXENV: "readme"
 
diff --git a/changelog/259.removal b/changelog/259.removal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..110c9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/259.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for EOL Python 2.6.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7f8b057..9c2caab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-from sys import version_info
-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 install_requires = ['execnet>=1.1', 'pytest>=3.0.0', 'pytest-forked']
 
-if version_info < (2, 7):
-    install_requires.append('ordereddict')
-
 
 setup(
     name="pytest-xdist",
@@ -27,6 +22,7 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
     zip_safe=False,
+    python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*',
     install_requires=install_requires,
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     classifiers=[
@@ -41,6 +37,11 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance',
         'Topic :: Utilities',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],
 )
diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index f957141..6ffb735 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ def test_worker_id_fixture(testdir, n):
         with open(fname) as f:
             worker_ids.add(f.read().strip())
     if n == 0:
-        assert worker_ids == set(['master'])
+        assert worker_ids == {'master'}
     else:
-        assert worker_ids == set(['gw0', 'gw1'])
+        assert worker_ids == {'gw0', 'gw1'}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('tb',
@@ -915,7 +915,13 @@ def parse_tests_and_workers_from_output(lines):
     result = []
     for line in lines:
         # example match: "[gw0] PASSED test_a.py::test[7]"
-        m = re.match(r'\[(gw\d)\]\s(.*?)\s(.*::.*)', line.strip())
+        m = re.match(r'''
+            \[(gw\d)\]  # worker
+            \s*
+            (?:\[\s*\d+%\])? # progress indicator (pytest >=3.3)
+            \s(.*?)     # status string ("PASSED")
+            \s(.*::.*)  # nodeid
+        ''', line.strip(), re.VERBOSE)
         if m:
             worker, status, nodeid = m.groups()
             result.append((worker, status, nodeid))
diff --git a/testing/conftest.py b/testing/conftest.py
index 0029b21..8d28ff8 100644
--- a/testing/conftest.py
+++ b/testing/conftest.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption('--gx',
                      action="append",
                      dest="gspecs",
-                     help=("add a global test environment, XSpec-syntax. "))
+                     help="add a global test environment, XSpec-syntax. ")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/testing/test_dsession.py b/testing/test_dsession.py
index e05d10f..2dcfc36 100644
--- a/testing/test_dsession.py
+++ b/testing/test_dsession.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class TestLoadScheduling:
         sched.add_node(MockNode())
         sched.add_node(MockNode())
         node1, node2 = sched.nodes
-        col = ["xyz"] * (6)
+        col = ["xyz"] * 6
         sched.add_node_collection(node1, col)
         sched.add_node_collection(node2, col)
         sched.schedule()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8dca922..a172964 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [tox]
 # if you change the envlist, please update .travis.yml file as well
 envlist=
-  py{26,27,34,35,36}-pytest{30,31,32}
-  py{27,36}-pytest{30,31,32}-pexpect
+  py{27,34,35,36}-pytest{30,31,32,33}
+  py{27,36}-pytest{30,31,32,33}-pexpect
   py{27,36}-pytest{master,features}
   flakes
   readme
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ deps =
   pytest30: pytest~=3.0.5
   pytest31: pytest~=3.1.0
   pytest32: pytest~=3.2.0
+  pytest33: pytest~=3.3.0
   pytestmaster: git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest.git@master
   pytestfeatures: git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest.git@features
   pexpect: pexpect
diff --git a/xdist/remote.py b/xdist/remote.py
index b35a9a7..554117b 100644
--- a/xdist/remote.py
+++ b/xdist/remote.py
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ def remote_initconfig(option_dict, args):
 
 if __name__ == '__channelexec__':
     channel = channel  # noqa
-    # python3.2 is not concurrent import safe, so let's play it safe
-    # https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/pytest/issue/347/pytest-xdist-and-python-32
-    if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 2):
-        os.environ["PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE"] = "1"
     slaveinput, args, option_dict = channel.receive()
     importpath = os.getcwd()
     sys.path.insert(0, importpath)  # XXX only for remote situations
diff --git a/xdist/scheduler/loadscope.py b/xdist/scheduler/loadscope.py
index a779c54..3e6e498 100644
--- a/xdist/scheduler/loadscope.py
+++ b/xdist/scheduler/loadscope.py
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-try:
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-except ImportError:
-    # Support for Python 2.6
-    from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from py.log import Producer
 from _pytest.runner import CollectReport
-
-from xdist.slavemanage import parse_spec_config
+from py.log import Producer
 from xdist.report import report_collection_diff
+from xdist.slavemanage import parse_spec_config
 
 
 class LoadScopeScheduling: