diff --git a/tools/colorizer.py b/tools/colorizer.py
index ee8f914d..afd4da06 100755
--- a/tools/colorizer.py
+++ b/tools/colorizer.py
@@ -320,10 +320,7 @@ class EC2ApiTestResult(testtools.TestResult):
 
 test = subunit.ProtocolTestCase(sys.stdin, passthrough=None)
 
-if sys.version_info[0:2] <= (2, 6):
-    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2)
-else:
-    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2, resultclass=EC2ApiTestResult)
+runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2, resultclass=EC2ApiTestResult)
 
 if runner.run(test).wasSuccessful():
     exit_code = 0