diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py b/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
index c6972ced..f2f31e6f 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ from .utils import Utils
 from ..helpers import getLogger
 
 
-if not hasattr(pyinotify, '__version__') \
-  or pyinotify.__version__.split(".") < '0.8.3'.split("."): # pragma: no cover
-  raise ImportError("Fail2Ban requires pyinotify >= 0.8.3")
-
 # Verify that pyinotify is functional on this system
 # Even though imports -- might be dysfunctional, e.g. as on kfreebsd
 try:
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
index 2d4f862b..abd66e1f 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import os
 import time
 
 from systemd import journal
-if getattr(journal, "__version__", "0").split(".") < "204".split("."):
-	raise ImportError("Fail2Ban requires systemd >= 204")
 
 from .failmanager import FailManagerEmpty
 from .filter import JournalFilter, Filter