diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index fa737f42a..c1074b7f8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -170,19 +170,6 @@ else:
             super(MaxLengthValidator, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-# URLValidator only accepts `message` in 1.6+
-if django.VERSION >= (1, 6):
-    from django.core.validators import URLValidator
-else:
-    from django.core.validators import URLValidator as DjangoURLValidator
-
-
-    class URLValidator(DjangoURLValidator):
-        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            self.message = kwargs.pop('message', self.message)
-            super(URLValidator, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 # PATCH method is not implemented by Django
 if 'patch' not in View.http_method_names:
     View.http_method_names = View.http_method_names + ['patch']
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 63e0b2dbf..c44440ecd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import uuid
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core.validators import EmailValidator, RegexValidator, ip_address_validators
+from django.core.validators import EmailValidator, RegexValidator, ip_address_validators, URLValidator
 from django.forms import FilePathField as DjangoFilePathField
 from django.forms import ImageField as DjangoImageField
 from django.utils import six, timezone
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework import ISO_8601
 from rest_framework.compat import (
     MaxLengthValidator, MaxValueValidator, MinLengthValidator,
-    MinValueValidator, OrderedDict, URLValidator, duration_string,
+    MinValueValidator, OrderedDict, duration_string,
     parse_duration, unicode_repr, unicode_to_repr
 )
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError