diff --git a/tarantool/connection.py b/tarantool/connection.py
index 0fa88da3..eb11ab5a 100644
--- a/tarantool/connection.py
+++ b/tarantool/connection.py
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 
 import ctypes
 import ctypes.util
-try:
-    from ctypes import c_ssize_t
-except ImportError:
-    from ctypes import c_longlong as c_ssize_t
+from ctypes import c_ssize_t
 
 import msgpack