diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 99e1db32f0c60817b6f20aa226220aab97d11fc7..7292060ab31259d12d708b3b364d9636f00f8da5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 language: python
 python:
-  - "2.4"
   - "2.5"
   - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
diff --git a/tests/client-test.py b/tests/client-test.py
index e96e36e8f395cf1e047f7c06a2a19a9367e054a8..abc991fc71956111a3cb342f11a08ad9f5aa2f84 100644
--- a/tests/client-test.py
+++ b/tests/client-test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #encoding=utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import unittest
 import sys
 import os