diff --git a/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py b/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py
index 7a93696e..11b9a461 100644
--- a/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py
@@ -116,20 +116,14 @@ after = 1.conf
 
 	CONDITIONAL_RE = re.compile(r"^(\w+)(\?.+)$")
 
-	if sys.version_info >= (3,2):
-		# overload constructor only for fancy new Python3's
-		def __init__(self, share_config=None, *args, **kwargs):
-			kwargs = kwargs.copy()
-			kwargs['interpolation'] = BasicInterpolationWithName()
-			kwargs['inline_comment_prefixes'] = ";"
-			super(SafeConfigParserWithIncludes, self).__init__(
-				*args, **kwargs)
-			self._cfg_share = share_config
-
-	else:
-		def __init__(self, share_config=None, *args, **kwargs):
-			SafeConfigParser.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-			self._cfg_share = share_config
+	# overload constructor only for fancy new Python3's
+	def __init__(self, share_config=None, *args, **kwargs):
+		kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+		kwargs['interpolation'] = BasicInterpolationWithName()
+		kwargs['inline_comment_prefixes'] = ";"
+		super(SafeConfigParserWithIncludes, self).__init__(
+			*args, **kwargs)
+		self._cfg_share = share_config
 
 	def get_ex(self, section, option, raw=False, vars={}):
 		"""Get an option value for a given section.
@@ -372,10 +366,7 @@ after = 1.conf
 		if logSys.getEffectiveLevel() <= logLevel:
 			logSys.log(logLevel, "    Reading file: %s", fileNamesFull[0])
 		# read file(s) :
-		if sys.version_info >= (3,2): # pragma: no cover
-			return SafeConfigParser.read(self, fileNamesFull, encoding='utf-8')
-		else:
-			return SafeConfigParser.read(self, fileNamesFull)
+		return SafeConfigParser.read(self, fileNamesFull, encoding='utf-8')
 
 	def merge_section(self, section, options, pref=None):
 		alls = self.get_sections()
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/server.py b/fail2ban/server/server.py
index 996ca633..7c6fc2f7 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/server.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/server.py
@@ -720,14 +720,8 @@ class Server:
 				# Remove the handler.
 				logger.removeHandler(handler)
 				# And try to close -- it might be closed already
-				try:
-					handler.flush()
-					handler.close()
-				except (ValueError, KeyError): # pragma: no cover
-					# Is known to be thrown after logging was shutdown once
-					# with older Pythons -- seems to be safe to ignore there
-					if sys.version_info < (3,) or sys.version_info >= (3, 2):
-						raise
+				handler.flush()
+				handler.close()
 			# detailed format by deep log levels (as DEBUG=10):
 			if logger.getEffectiveLevel() <= logging.DEBUG: # pragma: no cover
 				if self.__verbose is None:
@@ -931,32 +925,16 @@ class Server:
 		# the default value (configurable).
 		try:
 			fdlist = self.__get_fdlist()
-			maxfd = -1
-		except:
-			try:
-				maxfd = os.sysconf("SC_OPEN_MAX")
-			except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-				maxfd = 256	   # default maximum
-			fdlist = range(maxfd+1)
-	
-		# urandom should not be closed in Python 3.4.0. Fixed in 3.4.1
-		# http://bugs.python.org/issue21207
-		if sys.version_info[0:3] == (3, 4, 0): # pragma: no cover
-			urandom_fd = os.open("/dev/urandom", os.O_RDONLY)
-			for fd in fdlist:
-				try:
-					if not os.path.sameopenfile(urandom_fd, fd):
-						os.close(fd)
-				except OSError:   # ERROR (ignore)
-					pass
-			os.close(urandom_fd)
-		elif maxfd == -1:
 			for fd in fdlist:
 				try:
 					os.close(fd)
 				except OSError:   # ERROR (ignore)
 					pass
-		else:
+		except:
+			try:
+				maxfd = os.sysconf("SC_OPEN_MAX")
+			except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+				maxfd = 256	   # default maximum
 			os.closerange(0, maxfd)
 	
 		# Redirect the standard file descriptors to /dev/null.
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/utils.py b/fail2ban/server/utils.py
index 729ee43f..02a6bc6d 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/utils.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/utils.py
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ import time
 from ..helpers import getLogger, _merge_dicts, uni_decode
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
-	import importlib.machinery
-else:
-	import imp
+import importlib.machinery
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
 logSys = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -355,10 +352,6 @@ class Utils():
 	def load_python_module(pythonModule):
 		pythonModuleName = os.path.splitext(
 			os.path.basename(pythonModule))[0]
-		if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
-			mod = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(
-				pythonModuleName, pythonModule).load_module()
-		else:
-			mod = imp.load_source(
-				pythonModuleName, pythonModule)
+		mod = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(
+			pythonModuleName, pythonModule).load_module()
 		return mod
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py b/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py
index 902b9321..6ad99978 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/action_d/test_smtp.py
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ import threading
 import unittest
 import re
 import sys
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
-	import importlib
-else:
-	import imp
+import importlib
 
 from ..dummyjail import DummyJail
 from ..utils import CONFIG_DIR, asyncserver, Utils, uni_decode
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
index 43fe35a8..1776028d 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
@@ -190,12 +190,10 @@ class TestsUtilsTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 
 	def testUniConverters(self):
 		self.assertRaises(Exception, uni_decode, 
-			(b'test' if sys.version_info >= (3,) else 'test'), 'f2b-test::non-existing-encoding')
-		uni_decode((b'test\xcf' if sys.version_info >= (3,) else 'test\xcf'))
+			b'test', 'f2b-test::non-existing-encoding')
+		uni_decode(b'test\xcf')
 		uni_string(b'test\xcf')
 		uni_string('test\xcf')
-		if sys.version_info < (3,) and 'PyPy' not in sys.version:
-			uni_string('test\xcf')
 
 	def testSafeLogging(self):
 		# logging should be exception-safe, to avoid possible errors (concat, str. conversion, representation failures, etc)