diff --git a/django/http/cookie.py b/django/http/cookie.py
index f45ef11295..fb0a7786ef 100644
--- a/django/http/cookie.py
+++ b/django/http/cookie.py
@@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
 import sys
 from http import cookies
 
-# Cookie pickling bug is fixed in Python 2.7.9 and Python 3.4.3+
+# Cookie pickling bug is fixed in Python 3.4.3+
 # http://bugs.python.org/issue22775
-cookie_pickles_properly = (
-    (sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 7) and sys.version_info >= (2, 7, 9)) or
-    sys.version_info >= (3, 4, 3)
-)
-
-if cookie_pickles_properly:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 4, 3):
     SimpleCookie = cookies.SimpleCookie
 else:
     Morsel = cookies.Morsel
 
     class SimpleCookie(cookies.SimpleCookie):
-        if not cookie_pickles_properly:
-            def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-                # Apply the fix from http://bugs.python.org/issue22775 where
-                # it's not fixed in Python itself
-                if isinstance(value, Morsel):
-                    # allow assignment of constructed Morsels (e.g. for pickling)
-                    dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
-                else:
-                    super(SimpleCookie, self).__setitem__(key, value)
+        def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+            if isinstance(value, Morsel):
+                # allow assignment of constructed Morsels (e.g. for pickling)
+                dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+            else:
+                super(SimpleCookie, self).__setitem__(key, value)
 
 
 def parse_cookie(cookie):