diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ebf1e48cd..d17f9fd8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        job_name: ['linux', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows_amd64', 'windows_386', 'other_os', 'go1.13', 'go1.14', 'go1.15']
+        job_name: ['linux', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows_amd64', 'windows_386', 'other_os', 'go1.14', 'go1.15', 'go1.16']
 
         include:
           - job_name: linux
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ jobs:
             compile_all: true
             deploy: true
 
-          - job_name: go1.13
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '1.13.x'
-            quicktest: true
-
           - job_name: go1.14
             os: ubuntu-latest
             go: '1.14.x'
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
index f109aaa0e..e7224cfbb 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Package azureblob provides an interface to the Microsoft Azure blob object storage system
 
-// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js,go1.14
+// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js
 
 package azureblob
 
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_internal_test.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_internal_test.go
index 80e15a229..b7639106c 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_internal_test.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_internal_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js,go1.14
+// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js
 
 package azureblob
 
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_test.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_test.go
index 0f9b56931..31a236f16 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_test.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Test AzureBlob filesystem interface
 
-// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js,go1.14
+// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js
 
 package azureblob
 
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_unsupported.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_unsupported.go
index 8a4a8255e..d393e1e9f 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob_unsupported.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob_unsupported.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Build for azureblob for unsupported platforms to stop go complaining
 // about "no buildable Go source files "
 
-// +build plan9 solaris js !go1.14
+// +build plan9 solaris js
 
 package azureblob
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/imds.go b/backend/azureblob/imds.go
index b07981c3e..7494c4fd6 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/imds.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/imds.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js,go1.14
+// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js
 
 package azureblob
 
diff --git a/backend/azureblob/imds_test.go b/backend/azureblob/imds_test.go
index b30603a20..308d2957a 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/imds_test.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/imds_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js,go1.14
+// +build !plan9,!solaris,!js
 
 package azureblob
 
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/help.go b/cmd/mountlib/help.go
index 32d160088..2becd330f 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/help.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/help.go
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ then an additional 1 PiB of free space is assumed. If the remote does not
 [support](https://rclone.org/overview/#optional-features) the about feature
 at all, then 1 PiB is set as both the total and the free size.
 
-**Note**: As of |rclone| 1.52.2, |rclone mount| now requires Go version 1.13
-or newer on some platforms depending on the underlying FUSE library in use.
-
 ### Installing on Windows
 
 To run rclone @ on Windows, you will need to
diff --git a/docs/content/install.md b/docs/content/install.md
index 3bb2ad936..a40ce9280 100644
--- a/docs/content/install.md
+++ b/docs/content/install.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ kill %1
 
 ## Install from source ##
 
-Make sure you have at least [Go](https://golang.org/) go1.13
+Make sure you have at least [Go](https://golang.org/) go1.14
 installed.  [Download go](https://golang.org/dl/) if necessary.  The
 latest release is recommended. Then
 
diff --git a/fs/versioncheck.go b/fs/versioncheck.go
index 19663ee39..35062cf5b 100644
--- a/fs/versioncheck.go
+++ b/fs/versioncheck.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//+build !go1.13
+//+build !go1.14
 
 package fs
 
-// Upgrade to Go version 1.13 to compile rclone - latest stable go
+// Upgrade to Go version 1.14 to compile rclone - latest stable go
 // compiler recommended.
-func init() { Go_version_1_13_required_for_compilation() }
+func init() { Go_version_1_14_required_for_compilation() }
diff --git a/lib/encoder/filename/decode.go b/lib/encoder/filename/decode.go
index 291d34cc7..6e859fd31 100644
--- a/lib/encoder/filename/decode.go
+++ b/lib/encoder/filename/decode.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/dop251/scsu"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/huff0"
 )
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func DecodeBytes(table byte, data []byte) (string, error) {
 	case tableReserved:
 		return "", ErrUnsupported
 	case tableSCSUPlain:
-		return scsuDecode(data)
+		return scsu.Decode(data)
 	case tableRLE:
 		if len(data) < 2 {
 			return "", ErrCorrupted
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func DecodeBytes(table byte, data []byte) (string, error) {
 			return "", ErrCorrupted
 		}
 		if table == tableSCSU {
-			return scsuDecode(name)
+			return scsu.Decode(name)
 		}
 		return string(name), nil
 	}
diff --git a/lib/encoder/filename/decode_test.go b/lib/encoder/filename/decode_test.go
index 9fff86c5f..f2a3f0609 100644
--- a/lib/encoder/filename/decode_test.go
+++ b/lib/encoder/filename/decode_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package filename
 
 import (
-	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -120,10 +119,6 @@ func TestDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got, err := Decode(tt.encoded)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
-				if err != nil && err.Error() == scsuNotEnabled && runtime.Version() < "go1.13" {
-					t.Skip(err.Error())
-					return
-				}
 				if tt.encoded == "" && tt.want != "" {
 					proposed := Encode(tt.want)
 					table := decodeMap[proposed[0]] - 1
diff --git a/lib/encoder/filename/encode.go b/lib/encoder/filename/encode.go
index 33d029902..031dbd07a 100644
--- a/lib/encoder/filename/encode.go
+++ b/lib/encoder/filename/encode.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/binary"
 
+	"github.com/dop251/scsu"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/huff0"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func EncodeBytes(s string) (table byte, payload []byte) {
 		if i == tableSCSU {
 			var err error
 			olen := len(org)
-			org, err = scsuEncodeStrict(s, make([]byte, 0, len(org)))
+			org, err = scsu.EncodeStrict(s, make([]byte, 0, len(org)))
 			if err != nil || olen <= len(org) {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/lib/encoder/filename/scsu.go b/lib/encoder/filename/scsu.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 10aaa2b13..000000000
--- a/lib/encoder/filename/scsu.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package filename
-
-import "errors"
-
-const scsuNotEnabled = "scsu encoding not enabled in this build due to old go version"
-
-// Functions wrap scsu package, since it doesn't build on old Go versions.
-// Remove once v1.13 is minimum supported version.
-
-var scsuDecode = func(b []byte) (string, error) {
-	return "", errors.New(scsuNotEnabled)
-}
-
-var scsuEncodeStrict = func(src string, dst []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New(scsuNotEnabled)
-}
diff --git a/lib/encoder/filename/scsu_go113.go b/lib/encoder/filename/scsu_go113.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 62ee6c75c..000000000
--- a/lib/encoder/filename/scsu_go113.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// +build go1.13
-
-package filename
-
-import "github.com/dop251/scsu"
-
-func init() {
-	scsuDecode = scsu.Decode
-	scsuEncodeStrict = scsu.EncodeStrict
-}