diff --git a/.github/actions/install-conda/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-conda/action.yml
index 45845297fd5..c340b212705 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-conda/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-conda/action.yml
@@ -42,9 +42,4 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Install
       shell: bash -l {0}
-      # For some reason on Windows 3.7 building the wheel fails to properly include our extra
-      # stuff. Executing the egg_info beforehand for some reason fixes it. No idea why. We're
-      # deep in territory where googling for answers helps not at all.
-      run: |
-        python setup.py egg_info
-        python -m pip install --no-deps .
+      run: python -m pip install --no-deps .
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-pypi/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-pypi/action.yml
index b79cfb9e472..2a263ed7bb0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-pypi/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-pypi/action.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ runs:
           ci/${{ inputs.version-file }}
 
     - name: Setup PROJ
-      if: ${{ inputs.need-cartopy == 'true' }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-proj
 
     # This installs the stuff needed to build and install Shapely and CartoPy from source.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-conda.yml
index de1b0a2b28d..2ca323726db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-conda.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  #
-  # Build our docs on macOS and Windows on Python 3.8 and 3.7, respectively.
-  #
   Docs:
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - python-version: 3.8
             os: macOS
-          - python-version: 3.7
+          - python-version: 3.9
             os: Windows
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 1a06984eeea..d4af668a6cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download doc build
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
       with:
-        name: Linux-3.9-docs
+        name: Linux-3.10-docs
         path: ./docs/build/html
 
     # This overrides the version "dev" with the proper version if we're building off a
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-conda.yml
index c229febc1c2..31b467ba34d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-conda.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
         os: [macOS, Windows]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
index 078319b5641..99a943d9643 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
         dep-versions: [requirements.txt]
         no-extras: ['']
         include:
-          - python-version: 3.7
+          - python-version: 3.8
             dep-versions: Minimum
             no-extras: 'No Extras'
-          - python-version: 3.9
+          - python-version: '3.10'
             dep-versions: requirements.txt
             no-extras: 'No Extras'
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df6cf5feeba..c591063e5bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ on a future ``1.x`` version.
 For additional MetPy examples not included in this repository, please see the [Unidata Python
 Gallery](https://unidata.github.io/python-gallery/).
 
-We support Python >= 3.7.
+We support Python >= 3.8.
 
 Need Help?
 ----------
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index f0a24a83de6..773d81045ba 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MetPy
 =====
 
 MetPy is a collection of tools in Python for reading, visualizing, and performing calculations
-with weather data. MetPy supports Python >= 3.7 and is freely available under a permissive
+with weather data. MetPy supports Python >= 3.8 and is freely available under a permissive
 `open source license <https://github.com/Unidata/MetPy/blob/main/LICENSE>`_.
 
 If you're new to MetPy, check out our :doc:`Getting Started <userguide/startingguide>` guide.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/installguide.rst b/docs/userguide/installguide.rst
index 337ded87ec0..2c293cffeab 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/installguide.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/installguide.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 In general, MetPy tries to support minor versions of dependencies released within the last two
 years. For Python itself, that generally means supporting the last two minor releases; MetPy
-currently supports Python >= 3.7.
+currently supports Python >= 3.8.
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../setup.cfg
    :start-after: importlib_resources
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b61b45145e5..0e42188f2f7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers =
     Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
     Framework :: Matplotlib
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -38,12 +37,11 @@ package_dir =
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
-    importlib_metadata>=1.0.0; python_version < '3.8'
     importlib_resources>=1.3.0; python_version < '3.9'
     matplotlib>=3.3.0
-    numpy>=1.17.0
+    numpy>=1.18.0
     pandas>=0.24.0
     pint>=0.10.1
     pooch>=1.2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7ea28fe97a..51a3bdd5e6c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     error = """
-    MetPy v1.1 and greater requires Python 3.7 or above.
     If you're using Python 2.7, please install MetPy v0.11.1,
     which is the last release of MetPy that supports Python 2.7,
     but it is no longer maintained.
diff --git a/src/metpy/_version.py b/src/metpy/_version.py
index 938fc859520..1497d3af88d 100644
--- a/src/metpy/_version.py
+++ b/src/metpy/_version.py
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ def get_version():
         return get_version(root='../..', relative_to=__file__,
                            version_scheme='post-release')
     except (ImportError, LookupError):
-        try:
-            from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
-        except ImportError:  # Can remove when we require Python > 3.7
-            from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+        from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
         try:
             return version(__package__)