diff --git a/hooks/__init__.py b/hooks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 1b7d497337..ad1c29d87b 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-"""
-NOTE:
-    the below code is to be maintained Python 2.x-compatible
-    as the whole Cookiecutter Django project initialization
-    can potentially be run in Python 2.x environment
-    (at least so we presume in `pre_gen_project.py`).
-
-TODO: restrict Cookiecutter Django project initialization to
-      Python 3.x environments only
-"""  # noqa: INP001
-
 import json
 import os
 import random
diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index ea7a42299c..0ab357de55 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-"""
-NOTE:
-    the below code is to be maintained Python 2.x-compatible
-    as the whole Cookiecutter Django project initialization
-    can potentially be run in Python 2.x environment.
-
-TODO: restrict Cookiecutter Django project initialization
-      to Python 3.x environments only
-"""  # noqa: INP001
-
 import sys
 
 TERMINATOR = "\x1b[0m"
@@ -32,20 +22,6 @@
 
 assert "\\" not in "{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}", "Don't include backslashes in author name."  # noqa: PLR0133
 
-if "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "n":
-    python_major_version = sys.version_info[0]
-    if python_major_version == 2:  # noqa: PLR2004
-        yes_options, no_options = frozenset(["y"]), frozenset(["n"])
-        while True:
-            choice = raw_input().lower()  # noqa: F821
-            if choice in yes_options:
-                break
-
-            elif choice in no_options:
-                sys.exit(1)
-            else:
-                pass
-
 if "{{ cookiecutter.use_whitenoise }}".lower() == "n" and "{{ cookiecutter.cloud_provider }}" == "None":  # noqa: PLR0133
     sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c32e56b7d..fe6fcca99c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py312"
+target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 119
 # Exclude the template content as most files aren't parseable
 extend-exclude = [