diff --git a/man/fades.1 b/man/fades.1
index 410b6d3..9f09fdc 100644
--- a/man/fades.1
+++ b/man/fades.1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Read the dependencies from a file. Format in each line is the same than dependen
 
 .TP
 .BR -p " " \fIversion\fR ", " --python=\fIversion\fR
-Select which Python version to be used; the argument can be just the number (2.7), the whole name (python2.7) or the whole path (/usr/bin/python2.7).  Of course, the corresponding version of Python needs to be installed in your system.
+Select which Python version to be used; the argument can be just the number (3.9), the whole name (python3.9) or the whole path (/usr/bin/python3.9).  Of course, the corresponding version of Python needs to be installed in your system.
 
 The dependencies can be indicated in multiple places (in the Python source file, with a comment besides the import, in a \fIrequirements\fRfile, and/or through command line. In case of multiple definitions of the same dependency, command line overrides everything else, and requirements file overrides what is specified in the source code.
 
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ Remove a virtual environment by UUID.  See \fB--get-venv-dir\fR option to easily
 
 .TP
 .BR --system-site-packages ""
-Give the virtual environment access to thesystem site-packages dir 
+Give the virtual environment access to thesystem site-packages dir
 
-.TP 
+.TP
 .BR --venv-options=\fIVIRTUALENV_OPTION\fR
 Extra options to be supplied to the venv module (this option can be used multiple times)
 
-.TP 
+.TP
 .BR --pip-options=\fIPIP_OPTION\fR
 Extra options to be supplied to pip. (this option can be used multiple times)
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Extra options to be supplied to pip. (this option can be used multiple times)
 .BR --python-options=\fIPYTHON_OPTION\fR
 Extra options to be supplied to python. (this option can be used multiple times)
 
-.TP 
+.TP
 .BR -U ", " --check-updates
 Will check for updates in PyPI to verify if there are new versions for the requested dependencies. If a new version is available for a dependency, it will use it (if the dependency was requested without version) or just inform which new version is available (if the dependency was requested with a specific version).
 
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ Executes the Python interactive interpreter in a virtual environment after insta
 
 .SH USING CONFIGURATION FILES
 
-You can also configure fades using \fB.ini\fR config files. fades will search config files in 
-\fB/etc/fades/fades.ini\fR, the path indicated by \fBxdg\fR for your system 
-(for example ~/config/fades/fades.ini) and .fades.ini. 
+You can also configure fades using \fB.ini\fR config files. fades will search config files in
+\fB/etc/fades/fades.ini\fR, the path indicated by \fBxdg\fR for your system
+(for example ~/config/fades/fades.ini) and .fades.ini.
 So you can have different settings at system, user and project level.
 
 The config files are in .ini format. (configparser) and fades will search for a [fades] section.
-You have to use the same configurations that in the CLI. The only difference is with the config 
+You have to use the same configurations that in the CLI. The only difference is with the config
 options with a dash, it has to be replaced with a underscore.
 
 Check http://fades.readthedocs.org/en/latest/readme.html#setting-options-using-config-files for full examples.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ba1125e..b5ee8fb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,25 +28,10 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
-import zlib
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 
-_PY2_MESSAGE = (
-    b"x\x9c\xb5QA\x0e\x800\x08\xbb\xf3\nnjb\xb2\x0f-\xc1\x87\xec\xf1\x0e\xda\xe1f\xbc\xca2\x02\xa5"
-    b"Ep\xa2j\xddt2\x9b\xfc\x97\xbd\xf9\x9f\x9cW\x9c\xb9h\xf3\xac>x\xd3Fo\xa3=T\xcc\x9b\x03U\x13"
-    b"\xcb:\xafe\x0f\xa8{\xac\xbb\x1d,I\xd4\x0e\xf7y\xc0\xd9\xd0\xb5`\x9a\xccC\xe7|b\xd7\xa8"
-    b"\xe3\x14\xaa\xddC}\xb1\x82N\xd8\xcf\nf\xa2\xcat\xfa\xfa\xbeL\x83\x1e\xce\xd7e\xc6"
-    b"\xa1\xae\xb1\xfc\xd8\xcf\xd5\x93\xb6\xeb$xa\x9dz:ZcB^\xcfb\x9a\x91\xc7\xff4F+"
-    b"\xef\x8c8\xe8\x95\xfb%\xcaNM\x9ew%\xf5G\x93\x1bF\xf1\x97\x0f")
-
-# forbid the installation in a python2 environment
-if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    print(zlib.decompress(_PY2_MESSAGE).decode('ascii'))
-    print("fades is a python3 only project, sorry!\n")
-    raise ValueError("fades is a python3 only project, sorry!")
-
 
 def get_version():
     """Retrieves package version from the file."""