diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 14f2ae6e5..914beab77 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -115,15 +115,6 @@ def _resolve_model(obj):
     raise ValueError("{0} is not a Django model".format(obj))
 
 
-
-# TODO: Remove
-# contrib.postgres only supported from 1.8 onwards.
-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:
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index b1c34b92a..9a231830e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 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.compat import set_many, unicode_to_repr
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ErrorDetail, ValidationError
 from rest_framework.fields import get_error_detail, set_value
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ from rest_framework.validators import (
     UniqueTogetherValidator
 )
 
+try:
+    from django.contrib.postgres import fields as postgres_fields
+except ImportError:
+    postgres_fields = None
+
+
 # Note: We do the following so that users of the framework can use this style:
 #
 #     example_field = serializers.CharField(...)