diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/disablewallet.py b/qa/rpc-tests/disablewallet.py
index f665902ef..6e2e516b0 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/disablewallet.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/disablewallet.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php .
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 # Exercise API with -disablewallet.
 #
 
-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 initialize_chain_clean, start_nodes