diff --git a/evennia/utils/prettytable.py b/evennia/utils/prettytable.py
index 800afb3d7c..52c30703fa 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/prettytable.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/prettytable.py
@@ -1372,10 +1372,7 @@ def from_csv(fp, field_names = None, **kwargs):
     if field_names:
         table.field_names = field_names
     else:
-        if py3k:
-            table.field_names = [x.strip() for x in next(reader)]
-        else:
-            table.field_names = [x.strip() for x in reader.next()]
+        table.field_names = [x.strip() for x in next(reader)]
 
     for row in reader:
         table.add_row([x.strip() for x in row])