Remove and replace compat.MAXSIZE

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/gitdb/db/loose.py b/gitdb/db/loose.py
index 53ade9f..7bf92da 100644
--- a/gitdb/db/loose.py
+++ b/gitdb/db/loose.py
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ from gitdb.fun import (
     stream_copy
 )
 
-from gitdb.utils.compat import MAXSIZE
 from gitdb.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 import tempfile
 import os
+import sys
 
 
 __all__ = ('LooseObjectDB', )
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class LooseObjectDB(FileDBBase, ObjectDBR, ObjectDBW):
                 if istream.binsha is not None:
                     # copy as much as possible, the actual uncompressed item size might
                     # be smaller than the compressed version
-                    stream_copy(istream.read, writer.write, MAXSIZE, self.stream_chunk_size)
+                    stream_copy(istream.read, writer.write, sys.maxsize, self.stream_chunk_size)
                 else:
                     # write object with header, we have to make a new one
                     write_object(istream.type, istream.size, istream.read, writer.write,
diff --git a/gitdb/utils/compat.py b/gitdb/utils/compat.py
index 6909c53..c426474 100644
--- a/gitdb/utils/compat.py
+++ b/gitdb/utils/compat.py
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 import sys
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
-
-try:
-    MAXSIZE = sys.maxint
-except AttributeError:
-    MAXSIZE = sys.maxsize