diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate.py b/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate.py
index 1a7205f5a..e55e1e9fd 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/getblocktemplate.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2016 The Zcash developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php .
 
-import sys; assert sys.version_info < (3,), ur"This script does not run under Python 3. Please use Python 2.7.x."
-
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import assert_equal, connect_nodes_bi, \
     initialize_chain_clean, start_nodes