diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6581b6fe..28d3fabf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ jobs:
           - name: py2.7
             os: ubuntu-20.04
             python-version: 2.7
-          - name: py3.5
-            os: ubuntu-20.04
-            python-version: 3.5
           - name: py3.6
             os: ubuntu-20.04
             python-version: 3.6
@@ -433,7 +430,13 @@ jobs:
           COVERALLS_FLAG_NAME: ${{ matrix.name }}
           COVERALLS_PARALLEL: true
           COVERALLS_SERVICE_NAME: github
-        run: coveralls
+          PY_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ $PY_VERSION == "2.6" ]]; then
+            COVERALLS_SKIP_SSL_VERIFY=1 coveralls
+          else
+            coveralls
+          fi
       - name: Publish coverage to Codeclimate
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.opt-deps, 'codeclimate') }}
         env:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6cd9a607..4077388d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                     'package1': ['LICENSE', 'README.md']},
       install_requires=['ecdsa>=0.18.0b1'],
       obsoletes=["tlslite"],
-      python_requires=">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*",
+      python_requires=">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*",
       classifiers=[
             'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
             'Intended Audience :: Developers',
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',