diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
index 92c4bf2..8805d41 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 import base64
 import urlparse
 import cStringIO as StringIO
-try:
-    from configparser import ConfigParser
-except ImportError:
-    # For backward-compatibility with Python versions < 2.6.
-    from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
 
 class upload(PyPIRCCommand):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/config.py b/Lib/distutils/config.py
index e07f8ac..e3a4c57 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/config.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/config.py
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 """
 import os
 import sys
-try:
-    from configparser import ConfigParser
-except ImportError:
-    # For backward-compatibility with Python versions < 2.6.
-    from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
index 6299919..0a21380 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
@@ -358,11 +358,7 @@
 
 
     def parse_config_files (self, filenames=None):
-        try:
-            from configparser import ConfigParser
-        except ImportError:
-            # For backward-compatibility with Python versions < 2.6.
-            from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+        from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
         if filenames is None:
             filenames = self.find_config_files()