Don't compare cffi version using strings (#3524)

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/cryptography/utils.py b/src/cryptography/utils.py
index 40359c62b..bec56d5b4 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/utils.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/utils.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import inspect
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-from packaging.version import parse
-
 
 # Several APIs were deprecated with no specific end-of-life date because of the
 # ubiquity of their use. They should not be removed until we agree on when that
@@ -104,11 +102,6 @@ else:
         return len(bin(x)) - (2 + (x <= 0))
 
 
-def _version_check(version, required_version):
-    # This is used to check if we support update_into on CipherContext.
-    return parse(version) >= parse(required_version)
-
-
 class _DeprecatedValue(object):
     def __init__(self, value, message, warning_class):
         self.value = value