diff --git a/Lib/ldap/ldapobject.py b/Lib/ldap/ldapobject.py
index 4aa61dbb..bc78fb7f 100644
--- a/Lib/ldap/ldapobject.py
+++ b/Lib/ldap/ldapobject.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 from ldap import LDAPError
 
-PY2 = bool(sys.version_info[0] <= 2)
+PY2 = sys.version_info[0] <= 2
 if PY2:
   text_type = unicode
 else: