diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkds/tests_checkds.py b/bin/tests/system/checkds/tests_checkds.py
index 2b081f420c..d58f3134a5 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/checkds/tests_checkds.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkds/tests_checkds.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from typing import NamedTuple
 
 import os
-import sys
 import time
 
 import dns.name
@@ -27,9 +26,6 @@ import pytest
 import isctest
 
 pytestmark = [
-    pytest.mark.skipif(
-        sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason="Python >= 3.7 required [GL #3001]"
-    ),
     pytest.mark.extra_artifacts(
         [
             "*.out",
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/optout/tests_optout.py b/bin/tests/system/optout/tests_optout.py
index f7be26d6e9..f8d17ce3cd 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/optout/tests_optout.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/optout/tests_optout.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 
 import dns.query
 import dns.rcode
@@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ import pytest
 import isctest
 
 pytestmark = [
-    pytest.mark.skipif(
-        sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason="Python >= 3.7 required [GL #3001]"
-    ),
     pytest.mark.extra_artifacts(
         [
             "*.out",