diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6541b15fe..812df445b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-env:
-  # turns off tox's output redirection so we can debug package installation
-  TOX_OPTIONS: -vv
-
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -27,20 +23,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e mypy,package_readme
+      run: tox -e mypy,package_readme
 
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10"]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         exclude: # Only test on the latest supported stable Python on macOS and Windows.
           - platform: macos-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
+            python-version: 3.7
           - platform: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
+            python-version: 3.7
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -50,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox coverage
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cov
+      run: tox -e py-cov
     - name: Run Tox without lxml
-      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cov-nolxml
+      run: tox -e py-cov-nolxml
     - name: Produce coverage files
       run: |
         coverage combine
@@ -75,11 +71,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python 3.x
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
+        python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cy-nolxml
+      run: tox -e py-cy-nolxml
 
   test-pypy3:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -89,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python pypy3
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "pypy-3.8"
+        python-version: "pypy-3.7"
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e pypy3-nolxml
+      run: tox -e pypy3-nolxml
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 69878d1e2..61e5a66ae 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.
 Installation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.8
-or later. We follow the same schedule of minimum Python version support as
-NumPy (see `NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`__).
+FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.7
+or later.
 
 The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can
 install it with `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`__:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e9b659b0..4acd9c3f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 brotli==1.0.9; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 brotlicffi==1.0.9.2; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 unicodedata2==15.0.0; python_version <= '3.11'
-scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
+scipy==1.7.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version <= '3.7'  # pyup: ignore
+scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version > '3.7'
 munkres==1.1.4; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 zopfli==0.2.1
 fs==2.4.16
-skia-pathops==0.7.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
+skia-pathops==0.7.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
 ufoLib2==0.14.0
 pyobjc==9.0; sys_platform == "darwin"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 979465bbb..960a73b78 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -153,11 +153,8 @@ classifiers = {"classifiers": [
 	"Natural Language :: English",
 	"Operating System :: OS Independent",
 	"Programming Language :: Python",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 	"Topic :: Text Processing :: Fonts",
 	"Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
 	"Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion",
@@ -464,7 +461,7 @@ setup_params = dict(
 	url="http://github.com/fonttools/fonttools",
 	license="MIT",
 	platforms=["Any"],
-	python_requires=">=3.8",
+	python_requires=">=3.7",
 	long_description=long_description,
 	package_dir={'': 'Lib'},
 	packages=find_packages("Lib"),
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 764dbbede..22b1de742 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.0
-envlist = mypy, py3{8,9,10,11}-cov, htmlcov
+envlist = mypy, py3{7,8,9}-cov, htmlcov
 skip_missing_interpreters=true
 
 [testenv]
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ setenv =
 # relatively recent 'manylinux2014' platform tag.
 # https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/791#issuecomment-518713438
 download = true
-# building lxml from source takes too long on CI, force it to download pre-compiled
-# wheel or fail if none is found with --only-binary=lxml
-install_command = python -m pip install --only-binary=lxml {opts} {packages}
 deps =
     cov: coverage>=4.3
     pytest
     pytest-randomly
     -rrequirements.txt
-    !nolxml: lxml==4.9.0
+    !nolxml: lxml==4.6.4
 extras =
     ufo
     woff