diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 38b6c7e..7becfda 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1559,17 +1559,8 @@
             #else, swallow
 
 #Let's try and shutdown automatically on application exit...
-try:
-    import atexit
-    atexit.register(shutdown)
-except ImportError: # for Python versions < 2.0
-    def exithook(status, old_exit=sys.exit):
-        try:
-            shutdown()
-        finally:
-            old_exit(status)
-
-    sys.exit = exithook
+import atexit
+atexit.register(shutdown)
 
 # Null handler
 
diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py
index d5b82b7..16316a9 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     import configparser
 
     cp = configparser.ConfigParser(defaults)
-    if hasattr(cp, 'readfp') and hasattr(fname, 'readline'):
+    if hasattr(fname, 'readline'):
         cp.readfp(fname)
     else:
         cp.read(fname)