diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index 7800a5eb6..5f16f55a8 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ DeterminePythonVersion() {
   fi
 
   PYVER=`"$LE_PYTHON" --version 2>&1 | cut -d" " -f 2 | cut -d. -f1,2 | sed 's/\.//'`
-  if [ $PYVER -eq 26 ]; then
-    ExperimentalBootstrap "Python 2.6"
-  elif [ $PYVER -lt 26 ]; then
+  if [ $PYVER -lt 26 ]; then
     echo "You have an ancient version of Python entombed in your operating system..."
     echo "This isn't going to work; you'll need at least version 2.6."
     exit 1
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index ba17d7a99..de4844c9e 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ DeterminePythonVersion() {
   fi
 
   PYVER=`"$LE_PYTHON" --version 2>&1 | cut -d" " -f 2 | cut -d. -f1,2 | sed 's/\.//'`
-  if [ $PYVER -eq 26 ]; then
-    ExperimentalBootstrap "Python 2.6"
-  elif [ $PYVER -lt 26 ]; then
+  if [ $PYVER -lt 26 ]; then
     echo "You have an ancient version of Python entombed in your operating system..."
     echo "This isn't going to work; you'll need at least version 2.6."
     exit 1