[MAINT] Cleanup python2 sys.version checks

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/changelog.py b/tools/changelog.py
index 00ffdd9eb..2a0c4da43 100755
--- a/tools/changelog.py
+++ b/tools/changelog.py
@@ -36,13 +36,11 @@ From the bash command line with $GITHUB token::
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-import codecs
 from git import Repo
 from github import Github
 
-if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    UTF8Writer = codecs.getwriter('utf8')
-    sys.stdout = UTF8Writer(sys.stdout)
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 6):
+    raise RuntimeError("Python version must be >= 3.6")
 
 this_repo = Repo(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))