diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb8f44db..e0f87972 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import codecs
 import os
 import sys
-import codecs
+from os.path import dirname
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-try:
-    # Python 3
-    from os import dirname
-except ImportError:
-    # Python 2
-    from os.path import dirname
-
 here = os.path.abspath(dirname(__file__))
 
 with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f: