diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d65e43..7900ef3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == "publish":
 
 required = ['clint>=0.2.1', 'github2', 'requests']
 
-if sys.version_info[0:1] < (2, 6):
+if sys.version_info[0:2] < (2, 6):
     required.append('simplejson')
 
 setup(