diff --git a/docstring_wrap.py b/docstring_wrap.py
index d0098ac..8061e07 100644
--- a/docstring_wrap.py
+++ b/docstring_wrap.py
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ import argparse
 import sys
 import re
 
-try:
-    from cStringIO import StringIO
-except ImportError:
-    from io import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 
@@ -553,8 +550,6 @@ def main(argv, indata):
     parser.add_argument("--linewise", action='store_true')
     namespace = parser.parse_args()
 
-    from io import StringIO
-
     io = StringIO()
     inlines = indata.split("\n")
     if namespace.linewise: