diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8005e494c..c53c58e34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 - Add wheels for Python 3.9
   `#1038 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/1038>`_
 
+- Drop support for PyPy3 7.2
+
 - Documentation
   `#752 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/752>`_
   `#1037 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/1037>`_
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b4a78606b..6a3ce9ac3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python
 ######################################################################
 
 Bindings to the libgit2 shared library, implements Git plumbing.
-Supports Python 3.6+ and PyPy3 7.2+
+Supports Python 3.6+ and PyPy3 7.3+
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/libgit2/pygit2.svg?branch=master
    :target: http://travis-ci.org/libgit2/pygit2
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 5bcb25cbf..953dffd97 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python
 ######################################################################
 
 Bindings to the libgit2 shared library, implements Git plumbing.
-Supports Python 3.6+ and PyPy3 7.2+
+Supports Python 3.6+ and PyPy3 7.3+
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/libgit2/pygit2.svg?branch=master
    :target: http://travis-ci.org/libgit2/pygit2
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 209ba398c..12afd6346 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Requirements
 Supported versions of Python:
 
 - Python 3.6+
-- PyPy3 7.2+
+- PyPy3 7.3+
 
 Python requirements (these are specified in ``setup.py``):
 
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index c09a5500f..76d5ac5a7 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -75,16 +75,11 @@ pgit_borrow_encoding(PyObject *value, const char *encoding, PyObject **tvalue)
     PyObject *py_value = NULL;
     PyObject *py_str = NULL;
 
-#if defined(PYPY_VERSION) && PYPY_VERSION_NUM < 0x07030000
-    py_value = value;
-    Py_INCREF(value);
-#else
     py_value = PyOS_FSPath(value);
     if (py_value == NULL) {
         Error_type_error("unexpected %.200s", value);
         return NULL;
     }
-#endif
 
     // Get new PyBytes reference from value
     if (PyUnicode_Check(py_value)) { // Text string
diff --git a/test/test_blob.py b/test/test_blob.py
index 1d4daa58b..6d6fb5428 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.py
+++ b/test/test_blob.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def set_content():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError): set_content()
 
 def test_create_blob_fromworkdir(testrepo):
-
     blob_oid = testrepo.create_blob_fromworkdir("bye.txt")
     blob = testrepo[blob_oid]
 
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ def test_create_blob_fromworkdir(testrepo):
 
 @utils.fspath
 def test_create_blob_fromworkdir_aspath(testrepo):
-
     blob_oid = testrepo.create_blob_fromworkdir(Path("bye.txt"))
     blob = testrepo[blob_oid]