diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbf631b..b4ecec1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For more examples, take a look at the [examples](examples/) directory.
 
 ## Requirements
 - GNU Guile 3+
-- Python 3.11+
+- Python 3.7+
 
 # Installation
 If you are cloning the repository make sure you run the `bootstrap` script
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6af31c3..13c446c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT([guile-pyffi], [1.0.1], [victor_santos@fisica.ufc.br])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([build-aux])
-#AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(pyffi.scm)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([color-tests -Wall -Wno-portability foreign])
@@ -51,15 +50,12 @@ fi
 AC_ENABLE_SHARED(yes)
 AC_ENABLE_STATIC(no)
 
-#AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 # Init libtool
 LT_INIT([shared disable-static])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.11])
-#AC_SUBST(PYTHON_ABI,[`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print("m") if int(sys.version_info.minor) < 8 else print("")'`])
-#AC_SUBST(pythonversion, [PYTHON_VERSION])
+AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.7])
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_ABI,[`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}")'`])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile libpyffi/Makefile pyffi/Makefile tests/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([env], [chmod +x env])