diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index d463e80..3ecadf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.13"
             openslide: system
             sdist: sdist
-          # Python 3.8 is too old to support universal binaries, and
-          # setup-python's Python 3.9 and 3.10 won't build them.  Use the
-          # last upstream patch releases that ship with installers.
-          # https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/439#issuecomment-1247646682
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: "3.9"
-            upstream-python: 3.9.13
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: "3.10"
-            upstream-python: 3.10.11
     steps:
     - name: Check out repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -122,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
             auditwheel repair --only-plat -w dist old/*whl
             ;;
         macos-*)
-            if [ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" != 3.8 -a ! -e dist/*universal2* ]; then
+            if [ ! -e dist/*universal2* ]; then
                 echo "Wheel is not universal:"
                 ls dist
                 exit 1