diff --git a/changelog/4698.feature.rst b/changelog/4698.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18d4c0216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4698.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The warning about Python 2.7 and 3.4 not being supported in pytest 5.0 has been removed.
+
+In the end it was considered to be more
+of a nuisance than actual utility and users of those Python versions shouldn't have problems as ``pip`` will not
+install pytest 5.0 on those interpreters.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index eb35577f1..f4f8b3dd2 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
         self.summary_passes()
         # Display any extra warnings from teardown here (if any).
         self.summary_warnings()
-        self.summary_deprecated_python()
 
     def pytest_keyboard_interrupt(self, excinfo):
         self._keyboardinterrupt_memo = excinfo.getrepr(funcargs=True)
@@ -775,20 +774,6 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
                         self.write_sep("_", msg)
                         self._outrep_summary(rep)
 
-    def summary_deprecated_python(self):
-        if sys.version_info[:2] <= (3, 4) and self.verbosity >= 0:
-            self.write_sep("=", "deprecated python version", yellow=True, bold=False)
-            using_version = ".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:3])
-            self.line(
-                "You are using Python {}, which will no longer be supported in pytest 5.0".format(
-                    using_version
-                ),
-                yellow=True,
-                bold=False,
-            )
-            self.line("For more information, please read:")
-            self.line("  https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/py27-py34-deprecation.html")
-
     def print_teardown_sections(self, rep):
         showcapture = self.config.option.showcapture
         if showcapture == "no":
diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index 95c419599..59771185f 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -854,9 +854,7 @@ class TestDurations(object):
         result = testdir.runpytest("--durations=2")
         assert result.ret == 0
         lines = result.stdout.get_lines_after("*slowest*durations*")
-        # account for the "deprecated python version" header
-        index = 2 if sys.version_info[:2] > (3, 4) else 6
-        assert "4 passed" in lines[index]
+        assert "4 passed" in lines[2]
 
     def test_calls_showall(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile(self.source)
diff --git a/testing/deprecated_test.py b/testing/deprecated_test.py
index 5db3cceed..536370f92 100644
--- a/testing/deprecated_test.py
+++ b/testing/deprecated_test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
-import sys
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestDeprecationWarning
@@ -223,24 +222,6 @@ def test_fixture_named_request(testdir):
     )
 
 
-def test_python_deprecation(testdir):
-    result = testdir.runpytest()
-    python_ver = ".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:3])
-    msg = "You are using Python {}, which will no longer be supported in pytest 5.0".format(
-        python_ver
-    )
-    if sys.version_info[:2] <= (3, 4):
-        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
-            [
-                msg,
-                "For more information, please read:",
-                "  https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/py27-py34-deprecation.html",
-            ]
-        )
-    else:
-        assert msg not in result.stdout.str()
-
-
 def test_pytest_warns_unknown_kwargs():
     with pytest.warns(
         PytestDeprecationWarning,