diff --git a/kayobe/ansible.py b/kayobe/ansible.py
index f6cf8dbb0..caa6df7b1 100644
--- a/kayobe/ansible.py
+++ b/kayobe/ansible.py
@@ -21,14 +21,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 
-# TODO(dougszu): Backwards compatibility for Ansible 11. This exception
-# handler can be removed in the G cycle.
-try:
-    from ansible.parsing.vault import EncryptedString
-except ImportError:
-    # Ansible 11
-    from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
-    EncryptedString = AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
+from ansible.parsing.vault import EncryptedString
 
 from kayobe import exception
 from kayobe import utils
diff --git a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index fc975c221..736678e9f 100644
--- a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 
-# TODO(dougszu): Backwards compatibility for Ansible 11. This exception
-# handler can be removed in the G cycle.
-try:
-    from ansible.parsing.vault import EncryptedString
-except ImportError:
-    # Ansible 11
-    from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
-    EncryptedString = AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
-
+from ansible.parsing.vault import EncryptedString
 import yaml
 
 from kayobe import exception