diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f54d1392ec..8adb9d493d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 language: python
 env:
-#  - TOXENV=py26-dj16-postgres
-  - TOXENV=py26-dj16-sqlite
-  - TOXENV=py27-dj16-postgres
-#  - TOXENV=py27-dj16-sqlite
-  - TOXENV=py32-dj16-postgres
-#  - TOXENV=py33-dj16-postgres
-  - TOXENV=py34-dj16-postgres
   - TOXENV=py27-dj17-postgres
-#  - TOXENV=py27-dj17-sqlite
-#  - TOXENV=py32-dj17-postgres
+  - TOXENV=py27-dj17-sqlite
+  - TOXENV=py32-dj17-postgres
 #  - TOXENV=py33-dj17-postgres
   - TOXENV=py34-dj17-postgres
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3135da3ea6..7a725c4dc9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Available at `wagtail.readthedocs.org <http://wagtail.readthedocs.org/>`_ and al
 
 Compatibility
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Wagtail supports Django 1.6.2+ and 1.7.0+ on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4.
+Wagtail supports Django 1.7.0+ on Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4.
 
 Wagtail's dependencies are summarised at `requirements.io <https://requires.io/github/torchbox/wagtail/requirements>`_.
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 05b7812b85..8533cf42bd 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Welcome to Wagtail's documentation
 
 Wagtail is a modern, flexible CMS, built on Django.
 
-It supports Django 1.6.2+ and 1.7rc3+ on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4.
+It supports Django 1.7.0+ on Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1bf7dbf37a..b5654c7cc1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    "Django>=1.6.2,<1.8",
-    "South>=1.0.0",
+    "Django>=1.7.0,<1.8",
     "django-compressor>=1.4",
     "django-libsass>=0.2",
     "django-modelcluster>=0.4",
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5dc3d9ea1d..b91f00b3c8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [deps]
 base = 
-    South==1.0.0
     django-compressor>=1.4
     django-libsass>=0.2
     libsass==0.5.1
@@ -20,10 +19,6 @@ base =
     Embedly
     coverage
 
-dj16 =
-    Django>=1.6,<1.7
-
-
 dj17 =
     Django>=1.7,<1.8
 
@@ -38,14 +33,6 @@ skipsdist = True
 usedevelop = True
 
 envlist =
-    py26-dj16-postgres,
-    py26-dj16-sqlite,
-    py27-dj16-postgres,
-    py27-dj16-sqlite,
-    py32-dj16-postgres,
-    py33-dj16-postgres,
-    py34-dj16-postgres,
-
     py27-dj17-postgres,
     py27-dj17-sqlite,
     py32-dj17-postgres,
@@ -61,131 +48,10 @@ envlist =
 # py26-dj16-mysql
 # py27-dj16-mysql
 
-# South fails with sqlite on python3, because it tries to use DryRunMigrator which uses iteritems
-# py32-dj16-sqlite,
-# py33-dj16-sqlite,
-# py34-dj16-sqlite
-
 
 [testenv]
 commands=coverage run runtests.py
 
-[testenv:py26-dj16-postgres]
-basepython=python2.6
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    psycopg2==2.5.3
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
-
-[testenv:py26-dj16-sqlite]
-basepython=python2.6
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3
-
-[testenv:py26-dj16-mysql]
-basepython=python2.6
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    MySQL-python==1.2.5
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.mysql
-    DATABASE_USER=wagtail
-
-[testenv:py27-dj16-postgres]
-basepython=python2.7
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    psycopg2==2.5.3
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
-
-[testenv:py27-dj16-sqlite]
-basepython=python2.7
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3
-
-[testenv:py27-dj16-mysql]
-basepython=python2.7
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py2}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    MySQL-python==1.2.5
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.mysql
-    DATABASE_USER=wagtail
-
-[testenv:py32-dj16-postgres]
-basepython=python3.2
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    psycopg2==2.5.3
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
-
-[testenv:py32-dj16-sqlite]
-basepython=python3.2
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3
-
-[testenv:py33-dj16-postgres]
-basepython=python3.3
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    psycopg2==2.5.3
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
-
-[testenv:py33-dj16-sqlite]
-basepython=python3.3
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3
-
-[testenv:py34-dj16-postgres]
-basepython=python3.4
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-    psycopg2==2.5.3
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
-
-[testenv:py34-dj16-sqlite]
-basepython=python3.4
-deps =
-    {[deps]base}
-    {[deps]py3}
-    {[deps]dj16}
-setenv =
-    DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.sqlite3
 
 [testenv:py27-dj17-postgres]
 basepython=python2.7