diff --git a/common/test-core/unittest-support.i b/common/test-core/unittest-support.i
index 948a5548a8..fe48bfec90 100644
--- a/common/test-core/unittest-support.i
+++ b/common/test-core/unittest-support.i
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ SCM scm_init_unittest_support_module (void);
 #if defined(SWIGPYTHON)
 %{
 /* avoid no previous prototype warning/error */
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-PyObject*
-#else
-void
-#endif
-SWIG_init (void);
+PyObject* SWIG_init (void);
 %}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/gnucash/python/gncmod-python.c b/gnucash/python/gncmod-python.c
index ea314daba9..f287693274 100644
--- a/gnucash/python/gncmod-python.c
+++ b/gnucash/python/gncmod-python.c
@@ -57,13 +57,8 @@ libgncmod_python_gnc_module_description(void)
     return g_strdup("An embedded Python interpreter");
 }
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
 //extern PyObject* PyInit__sw_app_utils(void);
 //extern PyObject* PyInit__sw_core_utils(void);
-#else
-//extern void init_sw_app_utils(void);
-//extern void init_sw_core_utils(void);
-#endif
 
 int
 libgncmod_python_gnc_module_init(int refcount)
@@ -73,23 +68,15 @@ libgncmod_python_gnc_module_init(int refcount)
     */
     FILE *fp;
     gchar *pkgdatadir, *init_filename;
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
     wchar_t* argv = NULL;
-#else
-    char* argv = "";
-#endif
+
     Py_Initialize();
     PySys_SetArgv(0, &argv);
     // I don't quite understand why these are loaded here
     // - these are python modules so should be able to just import them
     // in init.py
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
     //PyInit__sw_app_utils();
     //PyInit__sw_core_utils();
-#else
-    //init_sw_app_utils();
-    //init_sw_core_utils();
-#endif
 
     /* There isn't yet a python module to init.
     pName = PyString_FromString("path/to/init.py");
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/app-utils.i b/libgnucash/app-utils/app-utils.i
index 7ded4efa82..d09b4ee10c 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/app-utils.i
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/app-utils.i
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@ SCM scm_init_sw_app_utils_module (void);
 #if defined(SWIGPYTHON)
 %{
 /* avoid no previous prototype warning/error */
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-PyObject*
-#else
-void
-#endif
-SWIG_init (void);
+PyObject* SWIG_init (void);
 %}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.i b/libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.i
index 234cb04890..9a5eaf530d 100644
--- a/libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.i
+++ b/libgnucash/core-utils/core-utils.i
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ SCM scm_init_sw_core_utils_module (void);
 #endif
 #if defined(SWIGPYTHON)
 %{
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-PyObject*
-#else
-void
-#endif
-    SWIG_init (void);
+PyObject* SWIG_init (void);
 %}
 #endif
 %import "base-typemaps.i"