diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d978a8a..413d8ae 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 Postorius requires Python 2.6 or newer and mailman.client,
 the official Python bindings for GNU Mailman, it also requires
 django-social-auth.
-The minimum Django version is 1.6.
+The minimum Django version is 1.8.
 Postorius needs a running version of GNU Mailman version 3.
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 480c249..0b8aebb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     packages=find_packages('src'),
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['django>=1.6',
+    install_requires=['django>=1.8',
                       'django-browserid',
                       'mailmanclient']
 )
diff --git a/src/postorius/context_processors.py b/src/postorius/context_processors.py
index 8d5e65b..9dfff0f 100644
--- a/src/postorius/context_processors.py
+++ b/src/postorius/context_processors.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
         'postorius_base_template': template_to_extend,
         'request': request,
         'hyperkitty_url': hyperkitty_url,
-        # Resolve the login and logout URLs from the settings (they can be
-        # either URLs or view names since Django 1.6)
+        # Resolve the login and logout URLs from the settings
         'login_url':  resolve_url(settings.LOGIN_URL),
         'logout_url': resolve_url(settings.LOGOUT_URL),
     }
diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/development.rst b/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
index 9afbab6..58ce334 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
@@ -43,18 +43,17 @@
 
     # List all currently configured envs:
     $ tox -l
-    py27-django1.5
-    py27-django1.6
-    py27-django1.7
+    py27-django18
+    py27-django19
 
-    # Test Django 1.7 on Python2.7 only:
-    $ tox -e py27-django1.7
+    # Test Django 1.8 on Python2.7 only:
+    $ tox -e py27-django18
 
     # Run only tests in ``test_address_activation``:
     $ tox -- postorius.tests.test_address_activation
 
     # You get the idea...
-    $ tox -e py27-django1.7 -- postorius.tests.test_address_activation
+    $ tox -e py27-django18 -- postorius.tests.test_address_activation
 
 
 All test modules reside in the ``postorius/src/postorius/tests``
diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/setup.rst b/src/postorius/doc/setup.rst
index 0dd4ba7..01d834e 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/setup.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/setup.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 ::
 
     $ cd postorius_standalone
-    $ python manage.py syncdb
+    $ python manage.py migrate
     $ cd ..
 
 This will create the ``.db file`` (if you ar using SQLite) and will setup all the
diff --git a/src/postorius/fieldset_forms.py b/src/postorius/fieldset_forms.py
index 69e820c..01550b4 100644
--- a/src/postorius/fieldset_forms.py
+++ b/src/postorius/fieldset_forms.py
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 from django.forms import Form
 from django.utils import safestring
 from django.forms.forms import BoundField
-try:
-    from django.forms.utils import ErrorList
-except ImportError:
-    from django.forms.util import ErrorList  # Django 1.6
+from django.forms.utils import ErrorList
 
 
 class FieldsetError(Exception):
diff --git a/src/postorius/south_migrations/0001_initial.py b/src/postorius/south_migrations/0001_initial.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 06e6f0f..0000000
--- a/src/postorius/south_migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
-from south.db import db
-from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
-
-
-class Migration(SchemaMigration):
-
-    def forwards(self, orm):
-        # Adding model 'AddressConfirmationProfile'
-        db.create_table(u'postorius_addressconfirmationprofile', (
-            (u'id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
-            ('email', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.EmailField')(max_length=75)),
-            ('activation_key', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=40)),
-            ('created', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')()),
-            ('user', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'])),
-        ))
-        db.send_create_signal(u'postorius', ['AddressConfirmationProfile'])
-
-
-    def backwards(self, orm):
-        # Deleting model 'AddressConfirmationProfile'
-        db.delete_table(u'postorius_addressconfirmationprofile')
-
-
-    models = {
-        u'auth.group': {
-            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
-            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
-            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
-            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
-        },
-        u'auth.permission': {
-            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
-            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
-            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
-            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
-            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
-        },
-        u'auth.user': {
-            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
-            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
-            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Group']"}),
-            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
-            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
-            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
-            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
-            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
-            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
-            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']"}),
-            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
-        },
-        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
-            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
-            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
-            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
-            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
-            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
-        },
-        u'postorius.addressconfirmationprofile': {
-            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AddressConfirmationProfile'},
-            'activation_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
-            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
-            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75'}),
-            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
-            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"})
-        }
-    }
-
-    complete_apps = ['postorius']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/postorius/south_migrations/__init__.py b/src/postorius/south_migrations/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/src/postorius/south_migrations/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_address_activation.py b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_address_activation.py
index 9dfd084..f4341bb 100644
--- a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_address_activation.py
+++ b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_address_activation.py
@@ -187,11 +187,5 @@
         self.assertEqual(
             set([a.email for a in self.mm_user.addresses]),
             set(['ler@example.org', 'les@example.org']))
-        try:
-            logged_in_user = response.wsgi_request.user
-        except AttributeError:
-            # Django 1.6: the wsgi request is not available, ignore this last
-            # assertion.
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.assertEqual(logged_in_user.other_emails, ['les@example.org'])
+        logged_in_user = response.wsgi_request.user
+        self.assertEqual(logged_in_user.other_emails, ['les@example.org'])
diff --git a/src/postorius/tests/utils.py b/src/postorius/tests/utils.py
index 08a991e..dc70f10 100644
--- a/src/postorius/tests/utils.py
+++ b/src/postorius/tests/utils.py
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@
 
     def assertRedirectsToLogin(self, url):
         response = self.client.get(url)
-        if DJANGO_VERSION >= (1, 8):
-            # Django < 1.8 did not quote "@" signs.
-            url = quote(url)
         self.assertRedirects(response,
-            '{}?next={}'.format(reverse(settings.LOGIN_URL), url))
+            '{}?next={}'.format(reverse(settings.LOGIN_URL), quote(url)))
 
diff --git a/src/postorius/views/user.py b/src/postorius/views/user.py
index eef78f4..48e454f 100644
--- a/src/postorius/views/user.py
+++ b/src/postorius/views/user.py
@@ -241,17 +241,9 @@
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = AddressActivationForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
-            # XXX Use the following when django 1.6 is dropped as a dependency
-            # It is more efficient because it can be done in one database operation
-            #
-            # profile, created = AddressConfirmationProfile.objects.update_or_create(
-            #     email=form.cleaned_data['email'], user=request.user, defaults={
-            #     'activation_key': uuid.uuid4().hex})
-            try:
-                profile = AddressConfirmationProfile.objects.get(email=form.cleaned_data['email'], user=request.user)
-                profile.save()
-            except AddressConfirmationProfile.DoesNotExist:
-                profile = AddressConfirmationProfile.objects.create(email=form.cleaned_data['email'], user=request.user)
+            profile, created = AddressConfirmationProfile.objects.update_or_create(
+                email=form.cleaned_data['email'], user=request.user, defaults={
+                'activation_key': uuid.uuid4().hex})
             try:
                 profile.send_confirmation_link(request)
                 messages.success(request,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c0cffe9..a673092 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27-django{16,17,18,19}
+envlist = py27-django{18,19}
 
 [base]
 deps = 
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 usedevelop = True
 deps =
     {[base]deps}
-    django16: Django>=1.6,<1.7
-    django17: Django>=1.7,<1.8
     django18: Django>=1.8,<1.9
     django19: Django>=1.9,<1.10a
 commands =