1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/consent/consent_resource.py b/synapse/rest/consent/consent_resource.py
index c4550d3cf0..b19cd8afc5 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/consent/consent_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/consent/consent_resource.py
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ TEMPLATE_LANGUAGE = "en"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# use hmac.compare_digest if we have it (python 2.7.7), else just use equality
-if hasattr(hmac, "compare_digest"):
-    compare_digest = hmac.compare_digest
-else:
-
-    def compare_digest(a, b):
-        return a == b
-
 
 class ConsentResource(DirectServeHtmlResource):
     """A twisted Resource to display a privacy policy and gather consent to it
@@ -209,5 +201,5 @@ class ConsentResource(DirectServeHtmlResource):
             .encode("ascii")
         )
 
-        if not compare_digest(want_mac, userhmac):
+        if not hmac.compare_digest(want_mac, userhmac):
             raise SynapseError(HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN, "HMAC incorrect")