--- a/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py	Sat Jun 20 17:36:20 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py	Sun Jun 21 18:26:12 2020 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         self.batchServices = {}
         
         self.connection = socket.create_connection((host, port))
-        ver = b'Python2' if sys.version_info[0] == 2 else b'Python3'
+        ver = b'Python3'
         self.connection.sendall(ver)
         self.__maxProcs = maxProcs