From 2ee908480778cf3fc9d9f33b14b25c1e56c1710f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:31:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove support for Python 3.8

---
 .github/workflows/check.yaml                 | 3 ---
 docs/changelog/2874.removal.rst              | 1 +
 src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py | 7 +------
 tox.ini                                      | 1 -
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/changelog/2874.removal.rst

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index fd32f196c..a9dfdb36d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           - "3.11"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.9"
-          - "3.8"
           - pypy-3.10
           - pypy-3.9
-          - pypy-3.8
           - graalpy-24.1
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "graalpy-24.1" }
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.10" }
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.9" }
-          - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.8" }
     steps:
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-binstall
       - name: Install OS dependencies
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2874.removal.rst b/docs/changelog/2874.removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b70df810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2874.removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove support for Python 3.8, which is now end of life upstream.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 4727e6101..7519e2abc 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 
 BUNDLE_FOLDER = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
-    "3.8": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-    },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-25.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-78.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
-MAX = "3.8"
+MAX = "3.9"
 
 
 def get_embed_wheel(distribution, for_py_version):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c805ab43f..022296cee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ env_list =
     3.11
     3.10
     3.9
-    3.8
     graalpy
     coverage
     readme