From 73a880f76a312f2438859cfec614b202de0fe325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noorhteen Raja NJ <jnoortheen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:30:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: drop py3.7 (#4770)

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml  |  2 +-
 news/refactor-drop-py37.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 setup.py                    |  2 +-
 xonsh/lexer.py              |  5 -----
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 news/refactor-drop-py37.rst

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1689baade..73a2f68d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.7", "3.8", "3.9","3.10" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9","3.10" ]
     name: Test Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/news/refactor-drop-py37.rst b/news/refactor-drop-py37.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..979cfbd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/refactor-drop-py37.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Removed Python 3.7 support following `NEP0029 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`_
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 72837f3dd..327cdd133 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def main():
             "gnureadline; platform_system=='Darwin'",
         ],
     }
-    skw["python_requires"] = ">=3.7"
+    skw["python_requires"] = ">=3.8"
     setup(**skw)
 
 
diff --git a/xonsh/lexer.py b/xonsh/lexer.py
index 11066b0ab..7a1123da4 100644
--- a/xonsh/lexer.py
+++ b/xonsh/lexer.py
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ def token_map():
     tm[NEWLINE] = "NEWLINE"
     tm[INDENT] = "INDENT"
     tm[DEDENT] = "DEDENT"
-    if PYTHON_VERSION_INFO < (3, 7, 0):
-        from xonsh.tokenize import ASYNC, AWAIT
-
-        tm[ASYNC] = "ASYNC"
-        tm[AWAIT] = "AWAIT"
     if HAS_WALRUS:
         tm[(OP, ":=")] = "COLONEQUAL"
     # python 3.10 (backwards and name token compatible) tokens