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diff --git a/setuptools/compat.py b/setuptools/compat.py
index 7b824ba2..ec77127d 100644
--- a/setuptools/compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/compat.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
import sys
import itertools
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
- PY3 = False
+PY3 = sys.version_info >= (3,)
+if not PY3:
basestring = basestring
import __builtin__ as builtins
import ConfigParser
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
exec("""def reraise(tp, value, tb=None):
raise tp, value, tb""")
-else:
- PY3 = True
+if PY3:
basestring = str
import builtins
import configparser as ConfigParser