diff --git a/src/parselmouth/Thing.cpp b/src/parselmouth/Thing.cpp
index f5954e18..b4b0ec5e 100644
--- a/src/parselmouth/Thing.cpp
+++ b/src/parselmouth/Thing.cpp
@@ -31,16 +31,8 @@ namespace parselmouth {
 CLASS_BINDING(Thing, structThing, detail::PraatHolder<structThing>)
 BINDING_CONSTRUCTOR(Thing, "Thing")
 BINDING_INIT(Thing) {
-#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 	def("__str__",
 	    [](Thing self) { MelderInfoInterceptor info; Thing_info(self); return info.get(); });
-#else
-	def("__unicode__",
-	    [](Thing self) { MelderInfoInterceptor info; Thing_info(self); return info.get(); });
-
-	def("__str__",
-	    [](Thing self) { MelderInfoInterceptor info; Thing_info(self); return info.get(); });
-#endif
 
 	def_property("name", &Thing_getName, [](Thing self, char32 *name) { if (name) praat_cleanUpName(name); Thing_setName(self, name); });
 
diff --git a/src/parselmouth/Vector.cpp b/src/parselmouth/Vector.cpp
index 3d44df7c..6badb3d6 100644
--- a/src/parselmouth/Vector.cpp
+++ b/src/parselmouth/Vector.cpp
@@ -131,21 +131,9 @@ namespace parselmouth
 			[](Vector self, double factor) { auto result = Data_copy(self); Vector_multiplyByScalar(result.get(), 1 / factor); return result; },
 			"factor"_a, py::is_operator());
 
-#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
-		def(
-			"__idiv__",
-			[](Vector self, double factor) { Vector_multiplyByScalar(self, 1 / factor); return self; },
-			"factor"_a, py::is_operator());
-
-		def(
-			"__div__",
-			[](Vector self, double factor) { auto result = Data_copy(self); Vector_multiplyByScalar(result.get(), 1 / factor); return result; },
-			"factor"_a, py::is_operator());
-#endif
-
-		def("scale",
-			args_cast<_, Positive<_>>(Vector_scale),
-			"scale"_a);
+	def("scale",
+	    args_cast<_, Positive<_>>(Vector_scale),
+	    "scale"_a);
 
 		def("scale_peak",
 			args_cast<_, Positive<_>>(Vector_scale),
diff --git a/src/parselmouth/praat.cpp b/src/parselmouth/praat.cpp
index 44594303..0644058d 100644
--- a/src/parselmouth/praat.cpp
+++ b/src/parselmouth/praat.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void PraatEnvironment::toPraatArg(structStackel &stackel, const py::handle &arg)
 		return fillStackel(stackel, py::cast<double>(arg));
 	else if (py::isinstance<py::bool_>(arg))
 		return fillStackel(stackel, py::cast<bool>(arg));
-	else if (py::isinstance<py::str>(arg) && (PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 || !py::isinstance<py::bytes>(arg)))
+	else if (py::isinstance<py::str>(arg) && !py::isinstance<py::bytes>(arg))
 		return fillStackel(stackel, py::cast<std::u32string>(arg));
 
 	try {