diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 99f18f65a..afa8562c6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description-file =
 author = OpenStack
 author-email = openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org
 home-page = https://docs.openstack.org/watcher/latest/
+python-requires = >=3.6
 classifier =
     Environment :: OpenStack
     Intended Audience :: Information Technology
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ classifier =
     License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
     Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
     Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
@@ -23,10 +26,6 @@ packages =
 data_files =
     etc/ = etc/*
 
-[global]
-setup-hooks =
-    pbr.hooks.setup_hook
-
 [entry_points]
 oslo.config.opts =
     watcher = watcher.conf.opts:list_opts
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 566d84432..cd35c3c35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,17 +13,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
 import setuptools
 
-# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
-# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
-try:
-    import multiprocessing  # noqa
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 setuptools.setup(
     setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c84cf529..253301622 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 minversion = 2.0
 envlist = py36,py37,pep8
 skipsdist = True
+ignore_basepython_conflict = True
 
 [testenv]
 basepython = python3