diff --git a/scripts/check_python.py b/scripts/check_python.py
index 15017c9d2c0..e6fdc00a7c0 100644
--- a/scripts/check_python.py
+++ b/scripts/check_python.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import os, sys
 
 msg = """ERROR: Your Python version is: %s
-Galaxy is currently supported on Python 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.  To run Galaxy,
+Galaxy is currently supported on Python 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7.  To run Galaxy,
 please download and install a supported version from python.org.  If a
 supported version is installed but is not your default, getgalaxy.org
 contains instructions on how to force Galaxy to use a different version.""" % sys.version[:3]
 
 def check_python():
     try:
-        assert sys.version_info[:2] >= ( 2, 4 ) and sys.version_info[:2] <= ( 2, 7 )
+        assert sys.version_info[:2] >= ( 2, 5 ) and sys.version_info[:2] <= ( 2, 7 )
     except AssertionError:
         print >>sys.stderr, msg
         raise