diff --git a/iniparse/configparser.py b/iniparse/configparser.py
index c543d50..e39fe63 100644
--- a/iniparse/configparser.py
+++ b/iniparse/configparser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
-try:
-    from ConfigParser import *
-    # not all objects get imported with __all__
-    from ConfigParser import Error, InterpolationMissingOptionError
-except ImportError:
-    from configparser import *
-    from configparser import Error, InterpolationMissingOptionError
+from configparser import *
+from configparser import Error, InterpolationMissingOptionError
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 53a723d..1619714 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sys
 import tests
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == '-g':
-        import unittestgui
-        unittestgui.main('tests.Suite')
-    else:
-        import unittest
-        unittest.main(defaultTest='tests.Suite')
+    import unittest
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='tests.Suite')
diff --git a/tests/test_compat.py b/tests/test_compat.py
index 253ac40..8d7c785 100644
--- a/tests/test_compat.py
+++ b/tests/test_compat.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
     import collections as UserDict
 import unittest
 
-import sys
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    from test import test_support
-else:
-    from test import support as test_support
+from test import support as test_support
 
 
 class SortedDict(UserDict.UserDict):
@@ -264,13 +260,6 @@ class mystr(str):
         cf.set("sect", "option1", mystr("splat"))
         cf.set("sect", "option2", "splat")
         cf.set("sect", "option2", mystr("splat"))
-        try:
-            unicode
-        except NameError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            cf.set("sect", "option1", unicode("splat"))
-            cf.set("sect", "option2", unicode("splat"))
 
     def test_read_returns_file_list(self):
         file1 = test_support.findfile("cfgparser.1")