diff --git a/tools/sosreport/tower.py b/tools/sosreport/tower.py
index 70cf132207..4827d76d65 100644
--- a/tools/sosreport/tower.py
+++ b/tools/sosreport/tower.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-import sos
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from sos.plugins import Plugin, RedHatPlugin, UbuntuPlugin
 
 SOSREPORT_TOWER_COMMANDS = [
-    "ansible --version",      # ansible core version
     "awx-manage --version", # tower version
     "awx-manage list_instances", # tower cluster configuration
     "awx-manage run_dispatcher --status", # tower dispatch worker status
@@ -23,15 +21,11 @@ SOSREPORT_TOWER_COMMANDS = [
 
 SOSREPORT_TOWER_DIRS = [
     "/etc/tower/",
-    "/etc/ansible/",
     "/etc/supervisord.d/",
     "/etc/nginx/",
     "/var/log/tower",
     "/var/log/nginx",
     "/var/log/supervisor",
-    "/var/log/syslog",
-    "/var/log/udev",
-    "/var/log/kern*",
     "/var/log/dist-upgrade",
     "/var/log/installer",
     "/var/log/unattended-upgrades",
@@ -47,38 +41,17 @@ SOSREPORT_FORBIDDEN_PATHS = [
     "/var/log/tower/profile"
 ]
 
-if LooseVersion(sos.__version__) >= LooseVersion('3.0'):
-    from sos.plugins import Plugin, RedHatPlugin, UbuntuPlugin
 
-    class tower(Plugin, RedHatPlugin, UbuntuPlugin):
-        '''Collect Ansible Tower related information'''
-        plugin_name = "tower"
+class Tower(Plugin, RedHatPlugin, UbuntuPlugin):
+    '''Collect Ansible Tower related information'''
+    plugin_name = "tower"
 
-        def setup(self):
+    def setup(self):
 
-            for path in SOSREPORT_TOWER_DIRS:
-                self.add_copy_spec(path)
+        for path in SOSREPORT_TOWER_DIRS:
+            self.add_copy_spec(path)
 
-            for path in SOSREPORT_FORBIDDEN_PATHS:
-                self.add_forbidden_path(path)
+        self.add_forbidden_path(SOSREPORT_FORBIDDEN_PATHS)
 
-            for command in SOSREPORT_TOWER_COMMANDS:
-                self.add_cmd_output(command)
-
-else:
-    import sos.plugintools
-
-    class tower(sos.plugintools.PluginBase):
-        '''Collect Ansible Tower related information'''
-
-        def setup(self):
-
-            for path in SOSREPORT_TOWER_DIRS:
-                self.addCopySpec(path)
-
-            for path in SOSREPORT_FORBIDDEN_PATHS:
-                self.addForbiddenPath(path)
-
-            for command in SOSREPORT_TOWER_COMMANDS:
-                self.collectExtOutput(command)
+        self.add_cmd_output(SOSREPORT_TOWER_COMMANDS)