1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Cython/Utils.py b/Cython/Utils.py
index 8594118f3..8224b48fe 100644
--- a/Cython/Utils.py
+++ b/Cython/Utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 #            anywhere else in particular
 #
 
-import os, sys, re, codecs
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import io
+import codecs
 
 modification_time = os.path.getmtime
 
@@ -268,14 +272,6 @@ class NormalisedNewlineStream(object):
             raise NotImplementedError
 
 
-io = None
-if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
-    try:
-        import io
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
-
 def open_source_file(source_filename, mode="r",
                      encoding=None, error_handling=None,
                      require_normalised_newlines=True):