diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/64076-urls-timeout-parameter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/64076-urls-timeout-parameter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3728b87089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/64076-urls-timeout-parameter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - core - remove unneeded Python version checks.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
index 07332dab260..a13e985abdf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
@@ -1285,14 +1285,7 @@ class Request:
             else:
                 request.add_header(header, headers[header])
 
-        urlopen_args = [request, None]
-        if sys.version_info >= (2, 6, 0):
-            # urlopen in python prior to 2.6.0 did not
-            # have a timeout parameter
-            urlopen_args.append(timeout)
-
-        r = urllib_request.urlopen(*urlopen_args)
-        return r
+        return urllib_request.urlopen(request, None, timeout)
 
     def get(self, url, **kwargs):
         r"""Sends a GET request. Returns :class:`HTTPResponse` object.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
index b516c4fbbe8..252cfb7e23e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ import os
 import pwd
 import re
 import stat
-import sys
 import time
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
@@ -409,8 +408,7 @@ def main():
     for npath in params['paths']:
         npath = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(npath))
         if os.path.isdir(npath):
-            ''' ignore followlinks for python version < 2.6 '''
-            for root, dirs, files in (sys.version_info < (2, 6, 0) and os.walk(npath)) or os.walk(npath, followlinks=params['follow']):
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(npath, followlinks=params['follow']):
                 if params['depth']:
                     depth = root.replace(npath.rstrip(os.path.sep), '').count(os.path.sep)
                     if files or dirs: