diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7ea091cbd..3a25554e9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ node_js:
   - '4'
   - '0.12'
   - '0.10'
-  - '0.8'
 addons:
   apt:
     sources:
@@ -18,6 +17,5 @@ addons:
 env:
   - CXX=g++-4.9
 before_install:
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION == 0.8 ]]; then npm install -g npm@1.4.28; fi
   - npm explore npm -g -- npm install node-gyp@latest
 sudo: false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b0959a57..b9d257927 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "standard": "^7.1.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.8.0"
+    "node": ">=0.10.0"
   },
   "main": "./lib/canvas.js",
   "license": "MIT"
diff --git a/test/canvas.test.js b/test/canvas.test.js
index b6c678df8..72bf6be90 100644
--- a/test/canvas.test.js
+++ b/test/canvas.test.js
@@ -418,14 +418,7 @@ describe('Canvas', function () {
     var buf = canvas.toBuffer('raw');
     var stride = canvas.stride;
 
-    // emulate os.endianness() (until node v0.8 support is dropped)
-    var endianness = (function() {
-      var b = new ArrayBuffer(4);
-      var u32 = new Uint32Array(b);
-      var u8 = new Uint8Array(b);
-      u32[0] = 1;
-      return u8[0] ? 'LE' : 'BE';
-    }());
+    var endianness = os.endianness();
 
     function assertPixel(u32, x, y, message) {
       var expected = '0x' + u32.toString(16);