diff --git a/gramps/gui/thumbnails.py b/gramps/gui/thumbnails.py
index 74d0296fb..7cb93abed 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/thumbnails.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/thumbnails.py
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ Handles generation and access to thumbnails used in GRAMPS.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
 import logging
-try:
-    from hashlib import md5
-except ImportError:
-    from md5 import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py b/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
index 0d8c7c6c4..6257f29dd 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ ODFDoc : used to generate Open Office Document
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
-try:
-    from hashlib import md5
-except ImportError:
-    from md5 import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 import zipfile
 import time
 from io import StringIO
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/tool/verify.py b/gramps/plugins/tool/verify.py
index 784a41949..fea88721e 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/tool/verify.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/tool/verify.py
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ This is the research tool, not the low-level data ingerity check.
 
 import os
 import pickle
-try:
-    from hashlib import md5
-except ImportError:
-    from md5 import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 from gramps.gen.errors import WindowActiveError
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py b/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
index f6f7b7a0b..a57e9d3b2 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import re
 import copy
-try:
-    from hashlib import md5
-except ImportError:
-    from md5 import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 import time, datetime
 import shutil
 import codecs