diff --git a/anki/__init__.py b/anki/__init__.py
index d9d022c11..121b5d41d 100644
--- a/anki/__init__.py
+++ b/anki/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    raise Exception("Anki should be run with Python 3")
-elif sys.version_info[1] < 4:
-    raise Exception("Anki requires Python 3.4+")
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3 or sys.version_info[1] < 5:
+    raise Exception("Anki requires Python 3.5+")
 
 version="2.1.0beta1" # build scripts grep this line, so preserve formatting
 from anki.storage import Collection