This explicit Python interpreter version check predates me.

I don't do such a thing elsewhere, last I looked, so let's just nuke it
now that we're in the throes of another version changeup.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/paramiko/__init__.py b/paramiko/__init__.py
index bdc91d51..c4c69a45 100644
--- a/paramiko/__init__.py
+++ b/paramiko/__init__.py
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 import sys
 from paramiko._version import __version__, __version_info__
-
-if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
-    raise RuntimeError('You need Python 2.6+ for this module.')
-
-
-__author__ = "Jeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>"
-__license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
-
-
 from paramiko.transport import SecurityOptions, Transport
 from paramiko.client import (
     SSHClient, MissingHostKeyPolicy, AutoAddPolicy, RejectPolicy,
@@ -76,6 +67,10 @@ from paramiko.sftp import (
 
 from paramiko.common import io_sleep
 
+
+__author__ = "Jeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>"
+__license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
+
 __all__ = [
     'Transport',
     'SSHClient',