diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 0b05ace48..14d614e65 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import datetime
 import inspect
 import types
 from decimal import Decimal
-import django
 from django.core.paginator import Page
 from django.db import models
 from django.forms import widgets