diff --git a/linkcheck/httplib2.py b/linkcheck/httplib2.py
index ac947729..16286a6a 100644
--- a/linkcheck/httplib2.py
+++ b/linkcheck/httplib2.py
@@ -71,11 +71,7 @@ import errno
 import mimetools
 import socket
 from urlparse import urlsplit
-
-try:
-    from cStringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    from StringIO import StringIO
+from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 __all__ = ["HTTP", "HTTPResponse", "HTTPConnection", "HTTPSConnection",
            "HTTPException", "NotConnected", "UnknownProtocol",