--- a/rencode/rencode.pyx
+++ b/rencode/rencode.pyx
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 
 cdef encode(char **buf, unsigned int *pos, data):
     t = type(data)
-    if t == int or t == long:
+    if t == int:
         if -128 <= data < 128:
             encode_char(buf, pos, data)
         elif -32768 <= data < 32768: