diff --git a/tests/test_driver.py b/tests/test_driver.py
index 4a5cd77..565b395 100644
--- a/tests/test_driver.py
+++ b/tests/test_driver.py
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ import uuid
 import errno
 import random
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile as ntf
-
-try:
-    from cStringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    from io import StringIO
-
+from io import StringIO
 from argparse import Namespace
 
 from tldptesttools import TestInventoryBase, TestToolsFilesystem
diff --git a/tests/test_sources.py b/tests/test_sources.py
index 4bb64e9..b1ac230 100644
--- a/tests/test_sources.py
+++ b/tests/test_sources.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ import errno
 import random
 import unittest
 from argparse import Namespace
-
-try:
-    from cStringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    from io import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from tldptesttools import TestToolsFilesystem