diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messages.run b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messages.run
index f0c8f144c090a91c89764de82f2a3ff812e116ae..cc79f0d87d6b9a8cebc6d50a2a068fa2003a3f75 100755
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messages.run
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messages.run
@@ -2,10 +2,5 @@
 
 # Run the unit test
 source python-coverage.sh
-PYTHONVERSION=$(python -V|awk '{print $1}')
-if [ $PYTHONVERSION \> "2.6.9" ] ; then
-  python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_messages.py
-else
-  echo "python version too low for testing"
-fi
+python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_messages.py
 
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_service_message_handler.run b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_service_message_handler.run
index 9bc516a58491d04e5b1fcae698d5b43ed3ba8837..013ba73eb733d0a2ccfd82c113fe615733207763 100755
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_service_message_handler.run
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_service_message_handler.run
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
-PYTHONVERSION=$(python -V|awk '{print $1}')
-if [ $PYTHONVERSION \> "2.6.9" ] ; then
+#cleanup on normal exit and on SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGTERM
+trap 'qpid-config del exchange --force $queue' 0 1 2 3 15
 
-  #cleanup on normal exit and on SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGTERM
-  trap 'qpid-config del exchange --force $queue' 0 1 2 3 15
+# Generate randome queue name
+queue=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc [:alnum:] | head -c16)
 
-  # Generate randome queue name
-  queue=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc [:alnum:] | head -c16)
+# Create the queue
+qpid-config add exchange topic $queue
 
-  # Create the queue
-  qpid-config add exchange topic $queue
-
-  # Run the unit test
-  source python-coverage.sh
-  python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_service_message_handler.py $queue
-
-else
-  echo "Python version too low"
-fi
+# Run the unit test
+source python-coverage.sh
+python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_service_message_handler.py $queue