diff --git a/samcli/lib/utils/hash.py b/samcli/lib/utils/hash.py
index 3c00eada966..62f0b1297f9 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -4,21 +4,13 @@
 
 import hashlib
 import os
-import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, cast
 
 BLOCK_SIZE = 4096
-# earliest python version to support usedforsecurity option for hashlib.md5 is 3.9
-# https://docs.python.org/3/library/hashlib.html#hash-algorithms
-_MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
-_MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION = 9
 
 
 def _get_md5():
-    if sys.version_info.major >= _MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION and sys.version_info.minor >= _MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION:
-        return hashlib.md5(usedforsecurity=False)
-    else:
-        return hashlib.md5()
+    return hashlib.md5(usedforsecurity=False)
 
 
 def file_checksum(file_name: str, hash_generator: Any = None) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/utils/test_hash.py b/tests/unit/lib/utils/test_hash.py
index bb7e5d0ef25..e7f9184816f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/utils/test_hash.py
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/utils/test_hash.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
 import tempfile
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -127,7 +126,4 @@ def test_str_checksum(self):
     @patch("samcli.lib.utils.hash.hashlib")
     def test_md5_instantiation(self, patched_hashlib):
         str_checksum("dummy-data")
-        if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 9:
-            patched_hashlib.md5.assert_called_with(usedforsecurity=False)
-        else:
-            patched_hashlib.md5.assert_called_with()
+        patched_hashlib.md5.assert_called_with(usedforsecurity=False)