=== removed file 'testtools/_compat2x.py'
--- old/testtools/_compat2x.py	2011-07-26 23:08:51 +0000
+++ new/testtools/_compat2x.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2011 testtools developers. See LICENSE for details.
-
-"""Compatibility helpers that are valid syntax in Python 2.x.
-
-Only add things here if they *only* work in Python 2.x or are Python 2
-alternatives to things that *only* work in Python 3.x.
-"""
-
-__all__ = [
-    'reraise',
-    ]
-
-
-def reraise(exc_class, exc_obj, exc_tb, _marker=object()):
-    """Re-raise an exception received from sys.exc_info() or similar."""
-    raise exc_class, exc_obj, exc_tb
-

=== modified file 'testtools/compat.py'
--- old/testtools/compat.py	2011-12-05 15:21:33 +0000
+++ new/testtools/compat.py	2012-03-12 20:13:03 +0000
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@
 BytesIO = try_imports(['StringIO.StringIO', 'io.BytesIO'])
 StringIO = try_imports(['StringIO.StringIO', 'io.StringIO'])
 
-try:
-    from testtools import _compat2x as _compat
-    _compat
-except SyntaxError:
-    from testtools import _compat3x as _compat
+from testtools import _compat3x as _compat
 
 reraise = _compat.reraise