diff --git a/SemiBin/atomicwrite.py b/SemiBin/atomicwrite.py
index 5afdd8c..6aae830 100644
--- a/SemiBin/atomicwrite.py
+++ b/SemiBin/atomicwrite.py
@@ -8,23 +8,14 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import errno
+from os import fspath
 
 try:
     import fcntl
 except ImportError:
     fcntl = None
 
-# `fspath` was added in Python 3.6
-try:
-    from os import fspath
-except ImportError:
-    fspath = None
-
-
-PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
-
-text_type = unicode if PY2 else str  # noqa
-
+DEFAULT_MODE = "wb"
 
 def _path_to_unicode(x):
     if not isinstance(x, text_type):
@@ -32,9 +23,6 @@ def _path_to_unicode(x):
     return x
 
 
-DEFAULT_MODE = "wb" if PY2 else "w"
-
-
 _proper_fsync = os.fsync