diff --git a/griffon/__init__.py b/griffon/__init__.py
index fff385a..476834e 100644
--- a/griffon/__init__.py
+++ b/griffon/__init__.py
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@
 def config_logging(level="INFO"):
     # if set to 'DEBUG' then we want all the http conversation
     if level == "DEBUG":
-        try:
-            import http.client as http_client
-        except ImportError:
-            # Python 2
-            import httplib as http_client
+        import http.client as http_client
+
         http_client.HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
 
     message_format = "%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s"