From 1958cb62f4de7492fb154323f3fdb7a0b6b51fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:18:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove `--py2` argument (#15670)

---
 mypy/defaults.py     | 2 --
 mypy/main.py         | 8 --------
 mypy/test/helpers.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mypy/defaults.py b/mypy/defaults.py
index 2a881975a27c..1bd87de74bc9 100644
--- a/mypy/defaults.py
+++ b/mypy/defaults.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import os
 from typing import Final
 
-PYTHON2_VERSION: Final = (2, 7)
-
 # Earliest fully supported Python 3.x version. Used as the default Python
 # version in tests. Mypy wheels should be built starting with this version,
 # and CI tests should be run on this version (and later versions).
diff --git a/mypy/main.py b/mypy/main.py
index f6e617e4d84f..6173fd6fc1a8 100644
--- a/mypy/main.py
+++ b/mypy/main.py
@@ -594,14 +594,6 @@ def add_invertible_flag(
         help="Type check code assuming it will be running on Python x.y",
         dest="special-opts:python_version",
     )
-    platform_group.add_argument(
-        "-2",
-        "--py2",
-        dest="special-opts:python_version",
-        action="store_const",
-        const=defaults.PYTHON2_VERSION,
-        help="Use Python 2 mode (same as --python-version 2.7)",
-    )
     platform_group.add_argument(
         "--platform",
         action="store",
diff --git a/mypy/test/helpers.py b/mypy/test/helpers.py
index d2c92614048a..d1850219e60a 100644
--- a/mypy/test/helpers.py
+++ b/mypy/test/helpers.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def parse_options(
         options.force_union_syntax = True
 
     # Allow custom python version to override testfile_pyversion.
-    if all(flag.split("=")[0] not in ["--python-version", "-2", "--py2"] for flag in flag_list):
+    if all(flag.split("=")[0] != "--python-version" for flag in flag_list):
         options.python_version = testfile_pyversion(testcase.file)
 
     if testcase.config.getoption("--mypy-verbose"):