diff --git a/python_env.mk b/python_env.mk
index 84f35f957df62d84b19ff8645964ddac317683cc..50e99a58c8d48bf46912fa2792a34dc8243a873d 100644
--- a/python_env.mk
+++ b/python_env.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,4 @@ ENV_FOLDER = $(shell pwd)/.venv
 endif
 
 .env:
-ifeq ($(shell python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0:2])'),(2, 7))
-	@echo "--> Installing environment to $(ENV_FOLDER)"
-	python -m virtualenv $(ENV_FOLDER)
-else
-	@echo "Balkan requires python version 2.7"
-	@echo "Current python version is: $(shell python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0:2])')"
-	exit 1
-endif
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+	python -m virtualenv $(ENV_FOLDER)
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