diff --git a/lib/portage/process.py b/lib/portage/process.py
index a66b6a5410..3f2c48e927 100644
--- a/lib/portage/process.py
+++ b/lib/portage/process.py
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import lru_cache, partial
 from typing import Any, Optional, Callable, Union
-
-try:
-    from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
-except ImportError:
-    iscoroutinefunction = _asyncio.iscoroutinefunction
+from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
 
 from portage import os
 from portage import _encodings
diff --git a/lib/portage/util/futures/_asyncio/__init__.py b/lib/portage/util/futures/_asyncio/__init__.py
index ea67adcae4..9f248bf90e 100644
--- a/lib/portage/util/futures/_asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/portage/util/futures/_asyncio/__init__.py
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
     wait_for,
 )
 
-try:
-    from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
-except ImportError:
-    iscoroutinefunction = _asyncio.iscoroutinefunction
-
+from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
 import threading
 from typing import Optional