diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 145e3e78..251892f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ jobs:
   build:
     env:
       # We use these variables to convert between tox and GHA version literals
-      py36: 3.6
       py37: 3.7
       py38: 3.8
       py39: 3.9
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false  # ensures the entire test matrix is run, even if one permutation fails
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ py36, py37, py38, py39, py310 ]
+        python-version: [ py37, py38, py39, py310 ]
         package: ["distro"]
         os: [ ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019 ]
     steps:
@@ -41,11 +40,6 @@ jobs:
             .tox
             ~/.cache/pip
           key: v3-tox-cache-${{ env.RUN_MATRIX_COMBINATION }}-${{ hashFiles('tox.ini', 'test-requirements.txt') }}
-      # tox fails on windows and Python3.6 when tox dir is reused between builds so we remove it
-      - name: fix for windows + py3.6
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-2019' && matrix.python-version == 'py36' }} 
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: Remove-Item .\.tox\ -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore
   misc:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 737e4363..e98c8225 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased
-- Moved distro code to azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.6
+    ([#190](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Python/pull/190))
+- Changed repository structure to use submodules
     ([#190](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Python/pull/190))
 - Added OpenTelemetry Distro and Configurator
     ([#187](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Python/pull/187))
-- Initial commit
\ No newline at end of file
+- Initial commit
diff --git a/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg
index 04b01265..f72d4291 100644
--- a/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg
+++ b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers =
     Development Status :: 4 - Beta
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers =
     Typing :: Typed
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.7
 package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find_namespace: