diff --git a/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py b/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
index 1f3b37a..de14572 100644
--- a/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
+++ b/gnupg/test/test_gnupg.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ import tempfile
 ## these dependencies require Python>=2.6 in order to have proper SSL support.
 ##
 ## Use unittest2 if we're on Python2.6 or less:
-if sys.version_info.major == 2 and sys.version_info.minor <= 6:
-    unittest = __import__(unittest2)
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] <= 6:
+    import unittest2 as unittest
 else:
     import unittest