diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index f584ad7..16e2b3b 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@
 __version__ = "1.0.1"
 
 # xmlrpc integer limits
-MAXINT =  2L**31-1
-MININT = -2L**31
+MAXINT =  2**31-1
+MININT = -2**31
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Error constants (from Dan Libby's specification at