diff --git a/IPython/terminal/console/tests/test_console.py b/IPython/terminal/console/tests/test_console.py
index 479a06b..09f1a51 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/console/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/console/tests/test_console.py
@@ -64,13 +64,8 @@ def start_console():
     "Start `ipython console` using pexpect"
     from IPython.external import pexpect
     
-    args = ['console', '--colors=NoColor']
-    # FIXME: remove workaround for 2.6 support
-    if sys.version_info[:2] > (2,6):
-        args = ['-m', 'IPython'] + args
-        cmd = sys.executable
-    else:
-        cmd = 'ipython'
+    args = ['-m', 'IPython', 'console', '--colors=NoColor']
+    cmd = sys.executable
     
     try:
         p = pexpect.spawn(cmd, args=args)
diff --git a/IPython/utils/py3compat.py b/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
index 47d1d12..c715b48 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@ else:
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         def execfile(fname, glob=None, loc=None):
             loc = loc if (loc is not None) else glob
-            # The rstrip() is necessary b/c trailing whitespace in files will
-            # cause an IndentationError in Python 2.6 (this was fixed in 2.7,
-            # but we still support 2.6).  See issue 1027.
-            scripttext = builtin_mod.open(fname).read().rstrip() + '\n'
+            scripttext = builtin_mod.open(fname).read()+ '\n'
             # compile converts unicode filename to str assuming
             # ascii. Let's do the conversion before calling compile
             if isinstance(fname, unicode):