Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py	(revision 12065)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py	(revision 12066)
@@ -9,10 +9,4 @@
 
 import os,sys
-
- 
-#First check we are running python 3 at least 
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-	print("ISSM can only work in Python 3. Exiting python")
-	sys.exit(1)
 
 #Recover ISSM_TIER, ISSM_DIR  and USERNAME