diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 9cb6174b1..b717b666f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ upgrading your version of coverage.py.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+- Dropped support for Python 3.8 and PyPy 3.8.
+
 - Fix: a final wildcard match/case clause assigning to a name (``case _ as
   value``) was incorrectly marked as a missing branch.  This is now fixed,
   closing `issue 1860`_.
diff --git a/tests/test_lcov.py b/tests/test_lcov.py
index 964b315a7..e2c340f13 100644
--- a/tests/test_lcov.py
+++ b/tests/test_lcov.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import coverage
 
 from tests.coveragetest import CoverageTest
-from tests.helpers import xfail_all_pypy38
 
 
 class LcovTest(CoverageTest):
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ def test_simple_line_coverage_two_files(self) -> None:
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content(filename="data.lcov")
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_branch_coverage_one_file(self) -> None:
         # Test that the reporter produces valid branch coverage.
         self.make_file("main_file.py", """\
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ def is_it_x(x):
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_branch_coverage_two_files(self) -> None:
         # Test that valid branch coverage is generated
         # in the case of two files.
@@ -361,7 +358,6 @@ def test_excluded_lines(self) -> None:
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_exit_branches(self) -> None:
         self.make_file("runme.py", """\
             def foo(a):
@@ -399,7 +395,6 @@ def foo(a):
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_genexpr_exit_arcs_pruned_full_coverage(self) -> None:
         self.make_file("runme.py", """\
             def foo(a):
@@ -437,7 +432,6 @@ def foo(a):
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_genexpr_exit_arcs_pruned_never_true(self) -> None:
         self.make_file("runme.py", """\
             def foo(a):
@@ -471,7 +465,6 @@ def foo(a):
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_genexpr_exit_arcs_pruned_always_true(self) -> None:
         self.make_file("runme.py", """\
             def foo(a):
@@ -505,7 +498,6 @@ def foo(a):
         actual_result = self.get_lcov_report_content()
         assert expected_result == actual_result
 
-    @xfail_all_pypy38
     def test_genexpr_exit_arcs_pruned_not_reached(self) -> None:
         self.make_file("runme.py", """\
             def foo(a):