diff --git a/src/runtime/importhook.cs b/src/runtime/importhook.cs
index 68d81ac14..e5843d436 100644
--- a/src/runtime/importhook.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/importhook.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ internal class ImportHook
         static IntPtr py_import;
         static CLRModule root;
         static MethodWrapper hook;
+        static IntPtr py_clr_module;
 
 #if PYTHON3
-        static IntPtr py_clr_module;
         static IntPtr module_def = IntPtr.Zero;
 
         internal static void InitializeModuleDef()
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ internal static void Initialize()
             IntPtr dict = Runtime.PyImport_GetModuleDict();
 #if PYTHON3
             IntPtr mod = Runtime.PyImport_ImportModule("builtins");
-            py_import = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, "__import__");
 #elif PYTHON2
             IntPtr mod = Runtime.PyDict_GetItemString(dict, "__builtin__");
-            py_import = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, "__import__");
 #endif
+            py_import = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, "__import__");
             hook = new MethodWrapper(typeof(ImportHook), "__import__", "TernaryFunc");
             Runtime.PyObject_SetAttrString(mod, "__import__", hook.ptr);
             Runtime.XDecref(hook.ptr);
@@ -58,13 +57,12 @@ internal static void Initialize()
             clr_dict = (IntPtr)Marshal.PtrToStructure(clr_dict, typeof(IntPtr));
 
             Runtime.PyDict_Update(mod_dict, clr_dict);
-            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "CLR", py_clr_module);
-            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "clr", py_clr_module);
 #elif PYTHON2
             Runtime.XIncref(root.pyHandle); // we are using the module two times
-            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "CLR", root.pyHandle);
-            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "clr", root.pyHandle);
+            py_clr_module = root.pyHandle;  // Alias handle for PY2/PY3
 #endif
+            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "CLR", py_clr_module);
+            Runtime.PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "clr", py_clr_module);
         }
 
 
@@ -73,13 +71,9 @@ internal static void Initialize()
         /// </summary>
         internal static void Shutdown()
         {
-            if (0 != Runtime.Py_IsInitialized())
+            if (Runtime.Py_IsInitialized() != 0)
             {
-#if PYTHON3
                 Runtime.XDecref(py_clr_module);
-#elif PYTHON2
-                Runtime.XDecref(root.pyHandle);
-#endif
                 Runtime.XDecref(root.pyHandle);
                 Runtime.XDecref(py_import);
             }
@@ -117,11 +111,11 @@ public static IntPtr GetCLRModule(IntPtr? fromList = null)
                                     continue;
 
                                 string s = item.AsManagedObject(typeof(string)) as string;
-                                if (null == s)
+                                if (s == null)
                                     continue;
 
                                 ManagedType attr = root.GetAttribute(s, true);
-                                if (null == attr)
+                                if (attr == null)
                                     continue;
 
                                 Runtime.XIncref(attr.pyHandle);
@@ -134,13 +128,9 @@ public static IntPtr GetCLRModule(IntPtr? fromList = null)
                     }
                 }
             }
-
+#endif
             Runtime.XIncref(py_clr_module);
             return py_clr_module;
-#elif PYTHON2
-            Runtime.XIncref(root.pyHandle);
-            return root.pyHandle;
-#endif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -200,7 +190,7 @@ public static IntPtr __import__(IntPtr self, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw)
             }
             if (mod_name == "CLR")
             {
-                Exceptions.deprecation("The CLR module is deprecated. " + "Please use 'clr'.");
+                Exceptions.deprecation("The CLR module is deprecated. Please use 'clr'.");
                 IntPtr clr_module = GetCLRModule(fromList);
                 if (clr_module != IntPtr.Zero)
                 {
@@ -315,9 +305,8 @@ public static IntPtr __import__(IntPtr self, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw)
             ModuleObject tail = root;
             root.InitializePreload();
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < names.Length; i++)
+            foreach (string name in names)
             {
-                string name = names[i];
                 ManagedType mt = tail.GetAttribute(name, true);
                 if (!(mt is ModuleObject))
                 {