diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 45987e2..0000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-branch = True
-source = graphite_render
-
-[report]
-omit = *_vendor*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5a3750e..51a73ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Tests
+name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  issues: write
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            toxenv: py38
           - python-version: "3.9"
             toxenv: py39
           - python-version: "3.10"
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             toxenv: py313
           - python-version: "3.14"
             toxenv: py314
-          - python-version: "3.12"
+          - python-version: "3.x"
             toxenv: no-flask-caching
 
     steps:
@@ -104,6 +101,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [test, build, docs]
     if: always() && (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')) && github.event_name == 'schedule'
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
     steps:
       - name: Create issue on failure
         uses: actions/github-script@v8
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
             const title = 'Scheduled Tests Failed';
             const workflowUrl = '${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}';
             const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
-            
             const body = `The scheduled test run failed on ${timestamp}.
             
             **Workflow Run:** ${workflowUrl}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2de65e..c62275f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ name = "graphite-render"
 version = "1.1.6"
 description = "based on graphite-api, which is based graphite-web, but maintained for python3."
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
-license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = [
     {name = "Bruno Renié", email = "bruno@renie.fr"},
     {name = "Christoph Settgast", email = "csett86_git@quicksands.de"},
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f877bc9..616946a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ envlist =
 	py312,
 	py313,
 	py314,
-	no-flask-caching,
-	docs
+	no-flask-caching
 
 [testenv]
 setenv =
@@ -44,11 +43,3 @@ basepython = python3.14
 basepython = python3.12
 deps =
 	.[sentry]
-
-[testenv:docs]
-changedir = docs
-deps =
-	Sphinx
-	structlog
-commands =
-	sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
diff --git a/unittest_main.py b/unittest_main.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b27718c..0000000
--- a/unittest_main.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-"""Main entry point"""
-
-import sys
-if sys.argv[0].endswith("__main__.py"):
-    import os.path
-    # We change sys.argv[0] to make help message more useful
-    # use executable without path, unquoted
-    # (it's just a hint anyway)
-    # (if you have spaces in your executable you get what you deserve!)
-    executable = os.path.basename(sys.executable)
-    sys.argv[0] = executable + " -m unittest"
-    del os
-
-__unittest = True
-
-from unittest.main import main, TestProgram
-
-main(module=None)