diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 758b9193..6363a7a2 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
         - airship-armada-linter
         - airship-armada-lint-pep8
         - airship-armada-ubuntu
-        - airship-armada-unit-py35
         - airship-armada-docker-build-gate
 
     gate:
       jobs:
         - airship-armada-linter
         - airship-armada-lint-pep8
-        - airship-armada-unit-py35
         - airship-armada-docker-build-gate
 
     post:
@@ -71,20 +69,6 @@
       - name: primary
         label: ubuntu-xenial
 
-- job:
-    name: airship-armada-unit-py35
-    description: |
-      Executes unit tests under Python 3.5
-    run: tools/gate/playbooks/unit-py35.yaml
-    timeout: 300
-    nodeset: airship-armada-single-node
-    irrelevant-files:
-      - ^.*\.rst$
-      - ^doc/.*$
-      - ^etc/.*$
-      - ^releasenotes/.*$
-      - ^setup.cfg$
-
 - job:
     name: airship-armada-lint-pep8
     description: |
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/unit-py35.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/unit-py35.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4e7c3bf..00000000
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/unit-py35.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-- hosts: primary
-  tasks:
-    - name: Execute the make target for unit testing
-      make:
-        chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-        target: test-unit
-      register: result
-      failed_when: result.failed