diff --git a/apypie/api.py b/apypie/api.py
index a708d87..bb84b25 100644
--- a/apypie/api.py
+++ b/apypie/api.py
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 import errno
 import glob
 import json
-try:
-    from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    JSONDecodeError = ValueError  # type: ignore
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError  # type: ignore
 import os
 from urllib.parse import urljoin  # type: ignore
 import requests