[MAINT] Cleanup python2 sys.version checks

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index d36e5bd39..07b3f6c87 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ else:
 
 import sys
 import os
+import builtins
 
 # In case we are run from the source directory, we don't want to import the
 # project from there:
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ def main(argv):
             sys.modules['__main__'] = types.ModuleType('__main__')
             ns = dict(__name__='__main__',
                       __file__=extra_argv[0])
-            exec_(script, ns)
+            exec(script, ns)
             sys.exit(0)
         else:
             import code
@@ -479,25 +480,5 @@ def lcov_generate():
         print("HTML output generated under build/lcov/")
 
 
-#
-# Python 3 support
-#
-
-if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-    import builtins
-    exec_ = getattr(builtins, "exec")
-else:
-    def exec_(code, globs=None, locs=None):
-        """Execute code in a namespace."""
-        if globs is None:
-            frame = sys._getframe(1)
-            globs = frame.f_globals
-            if locs is None:
-                locs = frame.f_locals
-            del frame
-        elif locs is None:
-            locs = globs
-        exec("""exec code in globs, locs""")
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main(argv=sys.argv[1:])