2 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/internal/json_format_test.py b/python/google/protobuf/internal/json_format_test.py
index d891dce1..7f649406 100644
--- a/python/google/protobuf/internal/json_format_test.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/internal/json_format_test.py
@@ -791,9 +791,6 @@ class JsonFormatTest(JsonFormatBase):
     json_format.Parse(text, parsed_message, ignore_unknown_fields=True)
 
   def testDuplicateField(self):
-    # Duplicate key check is not supported for python2.6
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-      return
     self.CheckError('{"int32Value": 1,\n"int32Value":2}',
                     'Failed to load JSON: duplicate key int32Value.')
 
diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/json_format.py b/python/google/protobuf/json_format.py
index 8d338d3e..58c94a47 100644
--- a/python/google/protobuf/json_format.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/json_format.py
@@ -396,11 +396,7 @@ def Parse(text, message, ignore_unknown_fields=False):
   """
   if not isinstance(text, six.text_type): text = text.decode('utf-8')
   try:
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-      # object_pair_hook is not supported before python2.7
-      js = json.loads(text)
-    else:
-      js = json.loads(text, object_pairs_hook=_DuplicateChecker)
+    js = json.loads(text, object_pairs_hook=_DuplicateChecker)
   except ValueError as e:
     raise ParseError('Failed to load JSON: {0}.'.format(str(e)))
   return ParseDict(js, message, ignore_unknown_fields)