Remove code no longer needed with python2.6 dropped

Author: vimalloc

jwt/api_jwt.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from .api_jws import PyJWS
 from .algorithms import Algorithm, get_default_algorithms  # NOQA
-from .compat import string_types, timedelta_total_seconds
+from .compat import string_types
 from .exceptions import (
     DecodeError, ExpiredSignatureError, ImmatureSignatureError,
     InvalidAudienceError, InvalidIssuedAtError,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _validate_claims(self, payload, options, audience=None, issuer=None,
                           DeprecationWarning)
 
         if isinstance(leeway, timedelta):
-            leeway = timedelta_total_seconds(leeway)
+            leeway = leeway.total_seconds()
 
         if not isinstance(audience, (string_types, type(None))):
             raise TypeError('audience must be a string or None')

jwt/compat.py

@@ -21,19 +21,6 @@
 string_types = (text_type, binary_type)
 
 
-def timedelta_total_seconds(delta):
-    try:
-        delta.total_seconds
-    except AttributeError:
-        # On Python 2.6, timedelta instances do not have
-        # a .total_seconds() method.
-        total_seconds = delta.days * 24 * 60 * 60 + delta.seconds
-    else:
-        total_seconds = delta.total_seconds()
-
-    return total_seconds
-
-
 try:
     constant_time_compare = hmac.compare_digest
 except AttributeError: