MAINT: Python <3.7 related cleanups

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/changelog.py b/tools/changelog.py
index 444d96882..7b7e66ddb 100755
--- a/tools/changelog.py
+++ b/tools/changelog.py
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ import re
 from git import Repo
 from github import Github
 
-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__), ".."))
 
 author_msg =\
diff --git a/tools/find_deprecated_escaped_characters.py b/tools/find_deprecated_escaped_characters.py
index 22efaae65..0a324b482 100644
--- a/tools/find_deprecated_escaped_characters.py
+++ b/tools/find_deprecated_escaped_characters.py
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ def main(root):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
-    if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 6):
-        raise RuntimeError("Python version must be >= 3.6")
-
     parser = ArgumentParser(description="Find deprecated escaped characters")
     parser.add_argument('root', help='directory or file to be checked')
     args = parser.parse_args()