diff --git a/latz/image.py b/latz/image.py
index ecf1eec..a547aa2 100644
--- a/latz/image.py
+++ b/latz/image.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import NamedTuple, Protocol
+from typing import NamedTuple
 
 
 class ImageSearchResult(NamedTuple):
@@ -22,39 +22,3 @@ class ImageSearchResultSet(NamedTuple):
     results: tuple[ImageSearchResult, ...]
     total_number_results: int | None
     search_backend: str
-
-
-class ImageAPIContextManager(Protocol):
-    """
-    Protocol class used to help plugin authors create compatible context managers.
-
-    In latz, we rely on context managers to perform setup and tear-down operations
-    for the connections t
-
-    We use a class-based approach here to make sure that plugin authors appropriately
-    implement the type of context manager the application needs (i.e. one that returns
-    an implementation of [`ImageAPI`][latz.image.ImageAPI]).
-    """
-
-    def __enter__(self) -> ImageAPI:
-        """
-        This must return an implementation of the below [`ImageAPI`][latz.image.ImageAPI] class
-        """
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb) -> None:
-        """Used to ensure the context manager protocol has been implemented"""
-
-
-class ImageAPI(Protocol):
-    """
-    Protocol class for the image API plugin. This is used to make sure that
-    objects being returned implement at least the methods defined below with the appropriate
-    return types.
-    """
-
-    def search(self, query: str) -> ImageSearchResultSet:
-        """
-        Used to search for an image via a search term and then return a single result set.
-        See [`ImageSearchResultSet`][latz.image.ImageSearchResultSet] for more information
-        about the return type.
-        """
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3cabe84..e099069 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ packages = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.10"
+python = "^3.8"
 pydantic = "^1.10.2"
 httpx = "^0.23.1"
 Pillow = "^9.3.0"