diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 9c649215c..fc42108ff 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ from django.utils import six
 from django.views.generic import View
 
 try:
-    from django.urls import (
-        NoReverseMatch, URLPattern as RegexURLPattern, URLResolver as RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
+    from django.urls import (  # noqa
+        URLPattern as RegexURLPattern,
+        URLResolver as RegexURLResolver,
     )
-
 except ImportError:
-    from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # Will be removed in Django 2.0
-        NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
+    # Will be removed in Django 2.0
+    from django.urls import (  # noqa
+        RegexURLPattern,
+        RegexURLResolver,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 4d3bdba1d..22078e64a 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models import Manager
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, resolve
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import (
     python_2_unicode_compatible, smart_text, uri_to_iri
@@ -13,9 +14,6 @@ from django.utils.encoding import (
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from rest_framework.compat import (
-    NoReverseMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, resolve
-)
 from rest_framework.fields import (
     Field, empty, get_attribute, is_simple_callable, iter_options
 )
diff --git a/rest_framework/reverse.py b/rest_framework/reverse.py
index fd418dcca..54c463553 100644
--- a/rest_framework/reverse.py
+++ b/rest_framework/reverse.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Provide urlresolver functions that return fully qualified URLs or view names
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from django.urls import reverse as django_reverse
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
 
-from rest_framework.compat import reverse as django_reverse
-from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import replace_query_param
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 1ed3b930e..2010a1138 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, namedtuple
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 
 from rest_framework import views
-from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.schemas import SchemaGenerator
diff --git a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
index 20e0f7a67..bc38c0a34 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
+++ b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django import template
 from django.template import loader
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, iri_to_uri
 from django.utils.html import escape, format_html, smart_urlquote
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeData, mark_safe
-
-from rest_framework.compat import (
-    NoReverseMatch, apply_markdown, pygments_highlight, reverse
-)
+from rest_framework.compat import apply_markdown, pygments_highlight
 from rest_framework.renderers import HTMLFormRenderer
 from rest_framework.utils.urls import replace_query_param
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
index 22f0d8a3b..4915eb978 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from rest_framework.compat import get_script_prefix, resolve
+from django.urls import get_script_prefix, resolve
 
 
 def get_breadcrumbs(url, request=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_permissions.py b/tests/test_permissions.py
index 7ccd43613..5d7cb20ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_permissions.py
+++ b/tests/test_permissions.py
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import unittest
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission, User
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.urls import ResolverMatch
 
 from rest_framework import (
     HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING, authentication, generics, permissions, serializers,
     status, views
 )
-from rest_framework.compat import ResolverMatch, guardian
+from rest_framework.compat import guardian
 from rest_framework.filters import DjangoObjectPermissionsFilter
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
diff --git a/tests/test_reverse.py b/tests/test_reverse.py
index 47eda256e..145b1a54f 100644
--- a/tests/test_reverse.py
+++ b/tests/test_reverse.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 
-from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
diff --git a/tests/test_urlpatterns.py b/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
index 7320de479..e84465141 100644
--- a/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
+++ b/tests/test_urlpatterns.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.urls import Resolver404
 
-from rest_framework.compat import Resolver404, make_url_resolver
+from rest_framework.compat import make_url_resolver
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 0ef37016d..509e6a102 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-
-from rest_framework.compat import NoReverseMatch
+from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 
 
 class MockObject(object):