diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
index f7e069b20b..9d4c2d5006 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 if os.path.lexists(full_path):
                     os.unlink(full_path)
                 os.symlink(source_path, full_path)
-            except AttributeError:
-                import platform
-                raise CommandError("Symlinking is not supported by Python %s." %
-                                   platform.python_version())
             except NotImplementedError:
                 import platform
                 raise CommandError("Symlinking is not supported in this "