diff --git a/plugins/RSS/test.py b/plugins/RSS/test.py
index fa1dec66c..3b201a22a 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS/test.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS/test.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import sys
 import feedparser
 from supybot.test import *
 import supybot.conf as conf
-if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
+if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     from io import StringIO
 else:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
diff --git a/src/utils/str.py b/src/utils/str.py
index f3003b43a..d9ca25f66 100644
--- a/src/utils/str.py
+++ b/src/utils/str.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def format(s, *args, **kwargs):
     # to add the character to the _formatRe regexp or it will be ignored
     # (and hard to debug if you don't know the trick).
     # Of course, you should also document it in the docstring above.
-    if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
         def pred(s):
             if isinstance(s, unicode):
                 return s.encode('utf8')