# Removing Python 2 support in 5.9

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-python-2-support-in-5-9/4236
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-python-2-support-in-5-9/4236 "2020-05-01T16:58:43Z")
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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-python-2-support-in-5-9/4236/1 "2020-05-01T16:58:43Z")

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Hi,

With Python2 being end-of-life, we’d like to remove support for Python2 in 5.9. Are there any objections to doing so on `master` within the next few weeks?

- [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/merge\_requests/4071](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/merge_requests/4071)
- [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge\_requests/722](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge_requests/722)

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### Author: ![Andrew\_Maclean](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Andrew\_Maclean](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrew_Maclean)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-python-2-support-in-5-9/4236/2 "2020-05-02T08:00:07Z")

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No, +1 from me.