--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,14 +9,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     read_md = lambda f: open(f, 'r').read()
 
-requires_list = []
-try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-except ImportError:
-    import unittest
-else:
-    if sys.version_info <= (2, 6):
-        requires_list.append("unittest2")
+import unittest
 
 
 class RunTests(Command):
@@ -59,9 +52,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0',
@@ -75,7 +65,6 @@ setup(
         html2text=html2text.cli:main
     """,
     license='GNU GPL 3',
-    requires=requires_list,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['test']),
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
--- a/test/test_html2text.py
+++ b/test/test_html2text.py
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7):
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-else:
-    import unittest
+import unittest
 import logging
 
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s:%(funcName)s:%(message)s',
--- a/test/test_memleak.py
+++ b/test/test_memleak.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import sys
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7):
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-else:
-    import unittest
 import logging
+import unittest
+
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s:%(funcName)s:%(message)s',
                     level=logging.DEBUG)