diff --git a/ipaacalib/python/src/ipaaca/misc.py b/ipaacalib/python/src/ipaaca/misc.py
index 2ea98abc734febdf626f603574d4da32a2c451fb..57de40687abd9e1b93556b6284ec47cfa6daff1b 100644
--- a/ipaacalib/python/src/ipaaca/misc.py
+++ b/ipaacalib/python/src/ipaaca/misc.py
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ import sys
 
 import ipaaca.defaults
 
-IS_PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
-IS_PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
-
-if IS_PY3:
-	string_types = str
-else:
-	string_types = basestring
-
-
 __all__ = [
 	'enum',
 	'IpaacaArgumentParser',