From bd4d44e182617ef5cc026b36977fd9611d39680f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <james@purplerock.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:31:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove Python 3.8 shim for missing str.removeprefix

---
 src/ocrmypdf/subprocess/__init__.py | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess/__init__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess/__init__.py
index d87d6fa3..3efaab39 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess/__init__.py
@@ -293,12 +293,7 @@ def _error_old_version(
 
 
 def _remove_leading_v(s: str) -> str:
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-        return s.removeprefix('v')
-
-    if s.startswith('v'):
-        return s[1:]
-    return s
+    return s.removeprefix('v')
 
 
 def check_external_program(