diff --git a/test/compile/python2.4-skip.txt b/test/compile/python2.4-skip.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 753d1ddd7f..0000000000
--- a/test/compile/python2.4-skip.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/contrib/
-/docsite/
-/hacking/
-/lib/ansible/cli/
-/lib/ansible/compat/
-/lib/ansible/config/
-/lib/ansible/constants.py
-/lib/ansible/errors/
-/lib/ansible/executor/
-/lib/ansible/galaxy/
-/lib/ansible/__init__.py
-/lib/ansible/inventory/
-/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/[^/]+/(?!(ec2_facts.py|_ec2_ami_search.py))
-/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul.*.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/znode.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/database/influxdb/
-/lib/ansible/modules/database/mssql/
-/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/foreman/
-/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix.*.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/network/avi/
-/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/
-/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/
-/lib/ansible/modules/network/nmcli.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/notification/pushbullet.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/layman.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/ipmi/
-/lib/ansible/modules/storage/infinidat/
-/lib/ansible/modules/univention/
-/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/letsencrypt.py
-/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/a10.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/avi.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloud.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/docker_common.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/ec2.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcdns.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/gce.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcp.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/infinibox.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/lxd.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/openstack.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/rax.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/vca.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/netconf.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/junos.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_utils.py
-/lib/ansible/module_utils/f5_cli.py
-/lib/ansible/parsing/
-/lib/ansible/playbook/
-/lib/ansible/plugins/
-/lib/ansible/release.py
-/lib/ansible/template/
-/lib/ansible/utils/
-/lib/ansible/vars/
-/setup.py
-/test/
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/executor.py b/test/runner/lib/executor.py
index c70e0fd7aa..ed8a4326bb 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/executor.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/executor.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS = (
     '3.6',
 )
 
-COMPILE_PYTHON_VERSIONS = tuple(sorted(SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS + ('2.4',)))
+COMPILE_PYTHON_VERSIONS = SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS
 
 coverage_path = ''  # pylint: disable=locally-disabled, invalid-name