diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9270d1c1..81b4f531 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Removed yandex translate plugin
 - Removed soundcloud plugin due to API removal
 - Removed imdb.py, the backing app is not being maintained and is broken
+- Removed quran.py as API no longer exists
+
+## Breaking
+- Removed support for Python <3.8
 
 ## [1.3.0] 2020-03-17
 ### Added
diff --git a/plugins/quran.py b/plugins/quran.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e540b2a..00000000
--- a/plugins/quran.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-from requests import HTTPError
-
-from cloudbot import hook
-
-
-def statuscheck(status, item):
-    """since we are doing this a lot might as well return something more meaningful"""
-    if status == 404:
-        out = f"It appears {item} does not exist."
-    elif status == 503:
-        out = "Qur'an API is having problems, it would be best to check back later."
-    else:
-        out = f"Qur'an API returned an error, response: {status}"
-    return out
-
-
-def smart_truncate(content, length=425, suffix="...\n"):
-    if len(content) <= length:
-        return content
-
-    return (
-        content[:length].rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
-        + suffix
-        + content[:length].rsplit(" ", 1)[1]
-        + smart_truncate(content[length:])
-    )
-
-
-@hook.command("quran", "verse", singlethread=True)
-def quran(text, message, reply):
-    """<verse> - Prints the specified Qur'anic verse(s) and its/their translation(s)"""
-    api_url = "http://quranapi.azurewebsites.net/api/verse/"
-    chapter = text.split(":")[0]
-    verse = text.split(":")[1]
-    params = {"chapter": chapter, "number": verse, "lang": "ar"}
-    r = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
-    try:
-        r.raise_for_status()
-    except HTTPError as e:
-        reply(statuscheck(e.response.status_code, text))
-        raise
-
-    if r.status_code != 200:
-        return statuscheck(r.status_code, text)
-    params["lang"] = "en"
-    r2 = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
-
-    try:
-        r2.raise_for_status()
-    except HTTPError as e:
-        reply(statuscheck(e.response.status_code, text))
-        raise
-
-    data = r.json()
-    data2 = r2.json()
-    out = f"\x02{text}\x02: "
-    verse = data["Text"]
-    out += verse
-    message(out)
-    translation = smart_truncate(data2["Text"])
-    return translation