diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3532410..144d8dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["pypy3.10", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["pypy3.10", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 05ee356..b2ee935 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ keywords = [
 license = { text = "ISC" }
 maintainers = [ { name = "Hugo van Kemenade" } ]
 authors = [ { name = "Kenneth Reitz", email = "me@kennethreitz.org" } ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Natural Language :: English",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
diff --git a/src/em_keyboard/__init__.py b/src/em_keyboard/__init__.py
index 52d15b4..9cf1a6a 100644
--- a/src/em_keyboard/__init__.py
+++ b/src/em_keyboard/__init__.py
@@ -35,21 +35,14 @@
 
 __version__ = _version.__version__
 
-try:
-    from importlib.resources import as_file, files
-
-    with as_file(files("em_keyboard").joinpath("emojis.json")) as em_json:
-        EMOJI_PATH = em_json
-except ImportError:
-    from importlib.resources import path
+from importlib.resources import as_file, files
 
-    with path("em_keyboard", "emojis.json") as em_json:
-        EMOJI_PATH = em_json
+with as_file(files("em_keyboard").joinpath("emojis.json")) as em_json:
+    EMOJI_PATH = em_json
 
 CUSTOM_EMOJI_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~/.emojis.json"))
 
-# TODO Remove quotes when dropping Python 3.8
-EmojiDict = "dict[str, list[str]]"
+EmojiDict = dict[str, list[str]]
 
 
 def parse_emojis(filename: str | os.PathLike[str] = EMOJI_PATH) -> EmojiDict:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 52d9bb9..2952a6e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires =
 env_list =
     cli
     lint
-    py{py3, 313, 312, 311, 310, 39, 38}
+    py{py3, 313, 312, 311, 310, 39}
 
 [testenv]
 extras =