diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 29a42f23..03fa887b 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ class WorkerClass(Setting):
         A string referring to one of the following bundled classes:
 
         * ``sync``
-        * ``eventlet`` - Requires eventlet >= 0.9.7 (or install it via
+        * ``eventlet`` - Requires eventlet >= 0.24 (or install it via
           ``pip install gunicorn[eventlet]``)
-        * ``gevent``   - Requires gevent >= 0.13 (or install it via
+        * ``gevent``   - Requires gevent >= 1.4 (or install it via
           ``pip install gunicorn[gevent]``)
         * ``tornado``  - Requires tornado >= 0.2 (or install it via
           ``pip install gunicorn[tornado]``)
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py b/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
index b0cf4b83..eda95992 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/geventlet.py
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ import sys
 try:
     import eventlet
 except ImportError:
-    raise RuntimeError("You need eventlet installed to use this worker.")
-
-# validate the eventlet version
-if eventlet.version_info < (0, 9, 7):
-    raise RuntimeError("You need eventlet >= 0.9.7")
-
+    raise RuntimeError("eventlet worker requires eventlet 0.24 or higher")
+else:
+    from pkg_resources import parse_version
+    if parse_version(eventlet.__version__) < parse_version('0.24'):
+        raise RuntimeError("eventlet worker requires eventlet 0.24 or higher")
 
 from eventlet import hubs, greenthread
 from eventlet.greenio import GreenSocket
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import greenlet
 
 from gunicorn.workers.base_async import AsyncWorker
 
+
 def _eventlet_sendfile(fdout, fdin, offset, nbytes):
     while True:
         try:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class EventletWorker(AsyncWorker):
 
     def patch(self):
         hubs.use_hub()
-        eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
+        eventlet.monkey_patch()
         patch_sendfile()
 
     def is_already_handled(self, respiter):
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
index 16dea592..6c614fe2 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
@@ -10,20 +10,18 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
 import time
 
-_socket = __import__("socket")
-
-# workaround on osx, disable kqueue
-if sys.platform == "darwin":
-    os.environ['EVENT_NOKQUEUE'] = "1"
-
 try:
     import gevent
 except ImportError:
-    raise RuntimeError("You need gevent installed to use this worker.")
+    raise RuntimeError("gevent worker requires gevent 1.4 or higher")
+else:
+    from pkg_resources import parse_version
+    if parse_version(gevent.__version__) < parse_version('1.4'):
+        raise RuntimeError("gevent worker requires gevent 1.4 or higher")
+
 from gevent.pool import Pool
 from gevent.server import StreamServer
-from gevent.socket import wait_write, socket
-from gevent import pywsgi
+from gevent import hub, monkey, socket, pywsgi
 
 import gunicorn
 from gunicorn.http.wsgi import base_environ
@@ -31,13 +29,14 @@ from gunicorn.workers.base_async import AsyncWorker
 
 VERSION = "gevent/%s gunicorn/%s" % (gevent.__version__, gunicorn.__version__)
 
+
 def _gevent_sendfile(fdout, fdin, offset, nbytes):
     while True:
         try:
             return os.sendfile(fdout, fdin, offset, nbytes)
         except OSError as e:
             if e.args[0] == errno.EAGAIN:
-                wait_write(fdout)
+                socket.wait_write(fdout)
             else:
                 raise
 
@@ -51,14 +50,7 @@ class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
     wsgi_handler = None
 
     def patch(self):
-        from gevent import monkey
-        monkey.noisy = False
-
-        # if the new version is used make sure to patch subprocess
-        if gevent.version_info[0] == 0:
-            monkey.patch_all()
-        else:
-            monkey.patch_all(subprocess=True)
+        monkey.patch_all()
 
         # monkey patch sendfile to make it none blocking
         patch_sendfile()
@@ -66,7 +58,7 @@ class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
         # patch sockets
         sockets = []
         for s in self.sockets:
-            sockets.append(socket(s.FAMILY, _socket.SOCK_STREAM,
+            sockets.append(socket.socket(s.FAMILY, socket.SOCK_STREAM,
                 fileno=s.sock.fileno()))
         self.sockets = sockets
 
@@ -165,34 +157,10 @@ class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
         # by deferring to a new greenlet. See #1645
         gevent.spawn(super(GeventWorker, self).handle_usr1, sig, frame)
 
-    if gevent.version_info[0] == 0:
-
-        def init_process(self):
-            # monkey patch here
-            self.patch()
-
-            # reinit the hub
-            import gevent.core
-            gevent.core.reinit()
-
-            #gevent 0.13 and older doesn't reinitialize dns for us after forking
-            #here's the workaround
-            gevent.core.dns_shutdown(fail_requests=1)
-            gevent.core.dns_init()
-            super(GeventWorker, self).init_process()
-
-    else:
-
-        def init_process(self):
-            # monkey patch here
-            self.patch()
-
-            # reinit the hub
-            from gevent import hub
-            hub.reinit()
-
-            # then initialize the process
-            super(GeventWorker, self).init_process()
+    def init_process(self):
+        self.patch()
+        hub.reinit()
+        super(GeventWorker, self).init_process()
 
 
 class GeventResponse(object):