diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e531f8d..b32390d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: php
 
 php:
-  - 5.2
   - 5.3
   - 5.4
   - 5.5
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 sudo: false
 
 before_script:
-  - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' = '5.2' ]; then pear channel-discover pear.bovigo.org && pear install bovigo/vfsStream-beta; else composer install --dev --no-progress; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'pgsql' ] || [ '$DB' = 'pdo/pgsql' ]; then psql -c 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ci_test;' -U postgres; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'pgsql' ] || [ '$DB' = 'pdo/pgsql' ]; then psql -c 'create database ci_test;' -U postgres; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ] || [ '$DB' = 'mysqli' ] || [ '$DB' = 'pdo/mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'create database IF NOT EXISTS ci_test;'; fi"
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@
 
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
-    - php: 5.2
     - php: 5.3
     - php: hhvm
   exclude:
diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst
index 7a37632..f5d7370 100644
--- a/readme.rst
+++ b/readme.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 PHP version 5.6 or newer is recommended.
 
-It should work on 5.2.4 as well, but we strongly advise you NOT to run
+It should work on 5.3.7 as well, but we strongly advise you NOT to run
 such old versions of PHP, because of potential security and performance
 issues, as well as missing features.