diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/aiocontextvarsfix.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/aiocontextvarsfix.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bd8100041c..0000000000
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/aiocontextvarsfix.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-# type: ignore
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# 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.
-#
-# This module is a patch to allow aiocontextvars to work for older versions
-# of Python 3.5. It is copied and pasted from:
-# https://github.com/fantix/aiocontextvars/issues/88#issuecomment-522276290
-
-import asyncio
-import asyncio.coroutines
-import asyncio.futures
-import concurrent.futures
-
-if not hasattr(asyncio, "_get_running_loop"):
-    # noinspection PyCompatibility
-    # pylint:disable=protected-access
-    import asyncio.events
-    from threading import local as threading_local
-
-    if not hasattr(asyncio.events, "_get_running_loop"):
-
-        class _RunningLoop(threading_local):
-            _loop = None
-
-        _running_loop = _RunningLoop()
-
-        def _get_running_loop():
-            return _running_loop._loop
-
-        def set_running_loop(loop):  # noqa: F811
-            _running_loop._loop = loop
-
-        def _get_event_loop():
-            current_loop = _get_running_loop()
-            if current_loop is not None:
-                return current_loop
-            return asyncio.events.get_event_loop_policy().get_event_loop()
-
-        asyncio.events.get_event_loop = _get_event_loop
-        asyncio.events._get_running_loop = _get_running_loop
-        asyncio.events._set_running_loop = set_running_loop
-
-    asyncio._get_running_loop = asyncio.events._get_running_loop
-    asyncio._set_running_loop = asyncio.events._set_running_loop
-
-# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-import aiocontextvars  # pylint: disable=import-error,unused-import,wrong-import-position # noqa # isort:skip
-
-
-def _run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, loop):
-    """
-    Patch to create task in the same thread instead of in the callback.
-    This ensures that contextvars get copied. Python 3.7 copies contextvars
-    without this.
-    """
-    if not asyncio.coroutines.iscoroutine(coro):
-        raise TypeError("A coroutine object is required")
-    future = concurrent.futures.Future()
-    task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro, loop=loop)
-
-    def callback() -> None:
-        try:
-            # noinspection PyProtectedMember,PyUnresolvedReferences
-            # pylint:disable=protected-access
-            asyncio.futures._chain_future(task, future)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            if future.set_running_or_notify_cancel():
-                future.set_exception(exc)
-            raise
-
-    loop.call_soon_threadsafe(callback)
-    return future
-
-
-asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe = _run_coroutine_threadsafe
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
index 2f8417ac01..589ed58c82 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
@@ -16,15 +16,10 @@
 
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context, _RuntimeContext
 
-if (3, 5, 3) <= version_info < (3, 7):
-    import aiocontextvars  # type: ignore # pylint:disable=import-error
+if version_info < (3, 7):
+    import aiocontextvars  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=import-error
 
-    aiocontextvars  # pylint:disable=pointless-statement
-
-elif (3, 4) < version_info <= (3, 5, 2):
-    import opentelemetry.context.aiocontextvarsfix  # pylint:disable=wrong-import-position
-
-    opentelemetry.context.aiocontextvarsfix  # pylint:disable=pointless-statement
+    aiocontextvars  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
 
 
 class ContextVarsRuntimeContext(_RuntimeContext):
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_contextvars_context.py b/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_contextvars_context.py
index 3aeaebcc29..a805602159 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_contextvars_context.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/tests/context/test_contextvars_context.py
@@ -12,21 +12,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import unittest
-from sys import version_info
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from opentelemetry import context
+from opentelemetry.context.contextvars_context import ContextVarsRuntimeContext
 
 from .base_context import ContextTestCases
 
-if version_info.minor < 7:
-    raise unittest.SkipTest("contextvars not available")
-
-from opentelemetry.context.contextvars_context import (  # pylint:disable=wrong-import-position
-    ContextVarsRuntimeContext,
-)
-
 
 class TestContextVarsContext(ContextTestCases.BaseTest):
     def setUp(self) -> None: