diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 1095c04df..46f2a7e45 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -115,23 +115,13 @@ def _resolve_model(obj):
     raise ValueError("{0} is not a Django model".format(obj))
 
 
-
-# TODO: Remove
-# contrib.postgres only supported from 1.8 onwards.
+# django.contrib.postgres requires psycopg2
 try:
     from django.contrib.postgres import fields as postgres_fields
 except ImportError:
     postgres_fields = None
 
 
-# TODO: Remove
-# JSONField is only supported from 1.9 onwards
-try:
-    from django.contrib.postgres.fields import JSONField
-except ImportError:
-    JSONField = None
-
-
 # coreapi is optional (Note that uritemplate is a dependency of coreapi)
 try:
     import coreapi
@@ -298,7 +288,7 @@ class CustomValidatorMessage(object):
     """
     We need to avoid evaluation of `lazy` translated `message` in `django.core.validators.BaseValidator.__init__`.
     https://github.com/django/django/blob/75ed5900321d170debef4ac452b8b3cf8a1c2384/django/core/validators.py#L297
-    
+
     Ref: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/5452
     """
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index b1c34b92a..fa62044c8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from django.utils import six, timezone
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from rest_framework.compat import JSONField as ModelJSONField
 from rest_framework.compat import postgres_fields, set_many, unicode_to_repr
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ErrorDetail, ValidationError
 from rest_framework.fields import get_error_detail, set_value
@@ -861,8 +860,6 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
     }
     if ModelDurationField is not None:
         serializer_field_mapping[ModelDurationField] = DurationField
-    if ModelJSONField is not None:
-        serializer_field_mapping[ModelJSONField] = JSONField
     serializer_related_field = PrimaryKeyRelatedField
     serializer_related_to_field = SlugRelatedField
     serializer_url_field = HyperlinkedIdentityField
@@ -1532,6 +1529,7 @@ if postgres_fields:
 
     ModelSerializer.serializer_field_mapping[postgres_fields.HStoreField] = CharMappingField
     ModelSerializer.serializer_field_mapping[postgres_fields.ArrayField] = ListField
+    ModelSerializer.serializer_field_mapping[postgres_fields.JSONField] = JSONField
 
 
 class HyperlinkedModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py b/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
index dff33d8b3..19783c15b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.core import validators
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
 
-from rest_framework.compat import DecimalValidator, JSONField
+from rest_framework.compat import DecimalValidator, postgres_fields
 from rest_framework.validators import UniqueValidator
 
 NUMERIC_FIELD_TYPES = (
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def get_field_kwargs(field_name, model_field):
     if decimal_places is not None:
         kwargs['decimal_places'] = decimal_places
 
-    if isinstance(model_field, models.TextField) or (JSONField and isinstance(model_field, JSONField)):
+    if isinstance(model_field, models.TextField) or (postgres_fields and isinstance(model_field, postgres_fields.JSONField)):
         kwargs['style'] = {'base_template': 'textarea.html'}
 
     if isinstance(model_field, models.AutoField) or not model_field.editable: