diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index 77e7482..da092cc 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void pysqlite_connection_dealloc(pysqlite_Connection* self)
 
     /* Clean up if user has not called .close() explicitly. */
     if (self->db) {
-        SQLITE3_CLOSE(self->db);
+        sqlite3_close_v2(self->db);
     }
 
     Py_XDECREF(self->isolation_level);
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ PyObject* pysqlite_connection_close(pysqlite_Connection* self, PyObject* args)
     pysqlite_close_all_blobs(self);
 
     if (self->db) {
-        rc = SQLITE3_CLOSE(self->db);
+        rc = sqlite3_close_v2(self->db);
 
         if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
             _pysqlite_seterror(self->db, NULL);
@@ -1781,33 +1781,7 @@ pysqlite_connection_backup(pysqlite_Connection *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *
         if (rc == SQLITE_NOMEM) {
             (void)PyErr_NoMemory();
         } else {
-#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER > 3007015
             PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError, sqlite3_errstr(rc));
-#else
-            switch (rc) {
-                case SQLITE_ERROR:
-                    /* Description of SQLITE_ERROR in SQLite 3.7.14 and older
-                       releases. */
-                    PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError,
-                                    "SQL logic error or missing database");
-                    break;
-                case SQLITE_READONLY:
-                    PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError,
-                                    "attempt to write a readonly database");
-                    break;
-                case SQLITE_BUSY:
-                    PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError, "database is locked");
-                    break;
-                case SQLITE_LOCKED:
-                    PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError,
-                                    "database table is locked");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    PyErr_Format(pysqlite_OperationalError,
-                                 "unrecognized error code: %d", rc);
-                    break;
-            }
-#endif
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 542ce12..52c5724 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -39,10 +39,4 @@ int _pysqlite_seterror(sqlite3* db, sqlite3_stmt* st);
 
 sqlite_int64 _pysqlite_long_as_int64(PyObject * value);
 
-#if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3007014
-#define SQLITE3_CLOSE sqlite3_close_v2
-#else
-#define SQLITE3_CLOSE sqlite3_close
-#endif
-
 #endif