diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d340af99..33e85b25 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,12 @@ env:
   global:
     - NEWEST_PYTHON=3.7
 python:
-  # <https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/python/>
-  - 2.7
   # Python 3.4 fails installing packages
   # <https://travis-ci.org/jakubroztocil/httpie/jobs/403263566#L636>
   # - 3.4
   - 3.5
   - 3.6
   # - 3.7  # is done in the matrix below as described in travis-ci/travis-ci#9069
-  - pypy
   # pypy3 currently fails because of a Flask issue
   # - pypy3
 
@@ -23,23 +20,8 @@ cache: pip
 matrix:
   include:
 
-    # Manually defined macOS builds
+    # Manually defined macOS build
     # <https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/multi-os/#Python-example-(unsupported-languages)>
-
-    # FIXME: stock macOS python fails with InterpreterNotFound
-    # <https://travis-ci.org/jakubroztocil/httpie/jobs/578189209>
-    # - os: osx
-    #   language: generic
-    #   env:
-    #     # Stock macOS Python
-    #     - TOXENV=py27-osx-builtin
-    #     - BREW_PYTHON_PACKAGE=
-    - os: osx
-      language: generic
-      env:
-        # Latest Python 2.7 from Homebrew
-        - TOXENV=py27
-        - BREW_PYTHON_PACKAGE=python@2
     - os: osx
       language: generic
       env:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index baf1323d..5f7a6da3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Main features
 * Custom headers
 * Persistent sessions
 * Wget-like downloads
-* Python 2.7 and 3.x support
 * Linux, macOS and Windows support
 * Plugins
 * Documentation
@@ -125,12 +124,7 @@ and always provides the latest version) is to use `pip`_:
 Python version
 --------------
 
-Although Python 2.7 is supported as well, it is strongly recommended to
-install HTTPie against the latest Python 3.x whenever possible. That will
-ensure that some of the newer HTTP features, such as
-`SNI (Server Name Indication)`_, work out of the box.
-Python 3 is the default for Homebrew installations starting with version 0.9.4.
-To see which version HTTPie uses, run ``http --debug``.
+Starting with version 2.0.0 (currently under development) Python 3.x is required.
 
 
 Unstable version
@@ -945,26 +939,6 @@ available set of protocols may vary depending on your OpenSSL installation.)
     $ http --ssl=ssl3 https://vulnerable.example.org
 
 
-SNI (Server Name Indication)
-----------------------------
-
-If you use HTTPie with `Python version`_ lower than 2.7.9
-(can be verified with ``http --debug``) and need to talk to servers that
-use SNI (Server Name Indication) you need to install some additional
-dependencies:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ pip install --upgrade requests[security]
-
-
-You can use the following command to test SNI support:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ http https://sni.velox.ch
-
-
 Output options
 ==============
 
@@ -1755,4 +1729,4 @@ have contributed.
 .. |downloads| image:: https://pepy.tech/badge/httpie
     :target: https://pepy.tech/project/httpie
     :alt: Download count
-    
+
diff --git a/httpie/__init__.py b/httpie/__init__.py
index 121cc76d..6b28eeef 100644
--- a/httpie/__init__.py
+++ b/httpie/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 HTTPie - a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans.
 
 """
-__version__ = '1.0.3'
+__version__ = '2.0.0-dev'
 __author__ = 'Jakub Roztocil'
 __licence__ = 'BSD'
 
diff --git a/httpie/client.py b/httpie/client.py
index 21a7f67a..91677ea8 100644
--- a/httpie/client.py
+++ b/httpie/client.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
 from httpie import sessions
 from httpie import __version__
-from httpie.compat import str
 from httpie.input import SSL_VERSION_ARG_MAPPING
 from httpie.plugins import plugin_manager
 from httpie.utils import repr_dict_nice
diff --git a/httpie/compat.py b/httpie/compat.py
index d81e508b..f508bbb3 100644
--- a/httpie/compat.py
+++ b/httpie/compat.py
@@ -1,39 +1,4 @@
-"""
-Python 2.7, and 3.x compatibility.
-
-"""
 import sys
 
 
-is_py2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
-is_py27 = sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 7)
-is_py3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
-is_pypy = 'pypy' in sys.version.lower()
 is_windows = 'win32' in str(sys.platform).lower()
-
-
-if is_py2:
-    # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
-    bytes = str
-    # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences,PyShadowingBuiltins
-    str = unicode
-elif is_py3:
-    # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
-    str = str
-    # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
-    bytes = bytes
-
-
-try:  # pragma: no cover
-    # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences,PyCompatibility
-    from urllib.parse import urlsplit
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences,PyCompatibility
-    from urlparse import urlsplit
-
-try:  # pragma: no cover
-    # noinspection PyCompatibility
-    from urllib.request import urlopen
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    # noinspection PyCompatibility,PyUnresolvedReferences
-    from urllib2 import urlopen
diff --git a/httpie/core.py b/httpie/core.py
index 8ad0e2a6..fb3d9662 100644
--- a/httpie/core.py
+++ b/httpie/core.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from requests import __version__ as requests_version
 from pygments import __version__ as pygments_version
 
 from httpie import __version__ as httpie_version, ExitStatus
-from httpie.compat import str, bytes, is_py3
 from httpie.client import get_response
 from httpie.downloads import Downloader
 from httpie.context import Environment
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ def program(args, env, log_error):
                 'flush': env.stdout_isatty or args.stream
             }
             try:
-                if env.is_windows and is_py3 and 'colors' in args.prettify:
+                if env.is_windows and 'colors' in args.prettify:
                     write_stream_with_colors_win_py3(**write_stream_kwargs)
                 else:
                     write_stream(**write_stream_kwargs)
diff --git a/httpie/downloads.py b/httpie/downloads.py
index 9f4c761f..839869ca 100644
--- a/httpie/downloads.py
+++ b/httpie/downloads.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import mimetypes
 import threading
 from time import sleep, time
 from mailbox import Message
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 from httpie.output.streams import RawStream
 from httpie.models import HTTPResponse
 from httpie.utils import humanize_bytes
-from httpie.compat import urlsplit
 
 
 PARTIAL_CONTENT = 206
diff --git a/httpie/input.py b/httpie/input.py
index 1ab34c9b..53b9924a 100644
--- a/httpie/input.py
+++ b/httpie/input.py
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError, ArgumentError
 
 # TODO: Use MultiDict for headers once added to `requests`.
 # https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/issues/130
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+
 from httpie.plugins import plugin_manager
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
-from httpie.compat import urlsplit, str, is_pypy, is_py27
 from httpie.sessions import VALID_SESSION_NAME_PATTERN
 from httpie.utils import load_json_preserve_order
 
@@ -615,17 +616,6 @@ parse_auth = AuthCredentialsArgType(SEP_CREDENTIALS)
 class RequestItemsDict(OrderedDict):
     """Multi-value dict for URL parameters and form data."""
 
-    if is_pypy and is_py27:
-        # Manually set keys when initialized with an iterable as PyPy
-        # doesn't call __setitem__ in such case (pypy3 does).
-        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            if len(args) == 1 and isinstance(args[0], Iterable):
-                super(RequestItemsDict, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-                for k, v in args[0]:
-                    self[k] = v
-            else:
-                super(RequestItemsDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
     # noinspection PyMethodOverriding
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         """ If `key` is assigned more than once, `self[key]` holds a
diff --git a/httpie/models.py b/httpie/models.py
index ef359431..52174859 100644
--- a/httpie/models.py
+++ b/httpie/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from httpie.compat import urlsplit, str
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 
 class HTTPMessage(object):
diff --git a/httpie/output/streams.py b/httpie/output/streams.py
index 3483a6d3..6f0d5620 100644
--- a/httpie/output/streams.py
+++ b/httpie/output/streams.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from itertools import chain
 from functools import partial
 
-from httpie.compat import str
 from httpie.context import Environment
 from httpie.models import HTTPRequest, HTTPResponse
 from httpie.input import (OUT_REQ_BODY, OUT_REQ_HEAD,
diff --git a/httpie/sessions.py b/httpie/sessions.py
index 56614f20..0971eac0 100644
--- a/httpie/sessions.py
+++ b/httpie/sessions.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 """
 import re
 import os
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar, create_cookie
 
-from httpie.compat import urlsplit
 from httpie.config import BaseConfigDict, DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR
 from httpie.plugins import plugin_manager
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb304288..0914da1f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
 import httpie
-from httpie.compat import is_py27
 
 
 class PyTest(TestCommand):
@@ -34,9 +33,6 @@ tests_require = [
     'mock',
 ]
 
-if is_py27:
-    tests_require.append('pyOpenSSL')
-
 
 install_requires = [
     'requests>=2.21.0',
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ setup(
     version=httpie.__version__,
     description=httpie.__doc__.strip(),
     long_description=long_description(),
-    url='http://httpie.org/',
+    url='https://httpie.org/',
     download_url='https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie',
     author=httpie.__author__,
     author_email='jakub@roztocil.co',
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ setup(
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
@@ -103,6 +98,7 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Environment :: Console',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
diff --git a/tests/test_downloads.py b/tests/test_downloads.py
index e14fcef3..ac5dbc1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloads.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloads.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import time
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 import pytest
 import mock
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
-from httpie.compat import urlopen
 from httpie.downloads import (
     parse_content_range, filename_from_content_disposition, filename_from_url,
     get_unique_filename, ContentRangeError, Downloader,
diff --git a/tests/test_output.py b/tests/test_output.py
index 26cbae96..8bdfa572 100644
--- a/tests/test_output.py
+++ b/tests/test_output.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import os
 from tempfile import gettempdir
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 import pytest
 
 from utils import MockEnvironment, http, HTTP_OK, COLOR, CRLF
 from httpie import ExitStatus
-from httpie.compat import urlopen
 from httpie.output.formatters.colors import get_lexer
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ssl.py b/tests/test_ssl.py
index d4227d1e..607c4726 100644
--- a/tests/test_ssl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ssl.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import pytest_httpbin.certs
 import requests.exceptions
 
 from httpie import ExitStatus
-from httpie.compat import is_pypy
 from httpie.input import SSL_VERSION_ARG_MAPPING
 from utils import HTTP_OK, TESTS_ROOT, http
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 23bca713..d51f8cb9 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import tempfile
 from httpie import ExitStatus, EXIT_STATUS_LABELS
 from httpie.context import Environment
 from httpie.core import main
-from httpie.compat import bytes, str
 
 
 TESTS_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7bbbd0d5..d44bce8f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
 
 [tox]
 # pypy3 currently fails because of a Flask issue
-envlist = py27, py37, pypy
+envlist = py37
 
 
 [testenv]
-# pyOpenSSL only needed for Python 2.7
 deps =
     mock
     pytest
     pytest-httpbin>=0.0.6
-    pyOpenSSL
 
 
 commands =
@@ -23,6 +21,3 @@ commands =
         --verbose \
         --doctest-modules \
         {posargs:./httpie ./tests}
-
-[testenv:py27-osx-builtin]
-basepython = /usr/bin/python2.7