diff --git a/compressor/base.py b/compressor/base.py
index 9239239..53bd3ba 100644
--- a/compressor/base.py
+++ b/compressor/base.py
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import with_statement, unicode_literals
 import os
 import codecs
+from importlib import import_module
+from six.moves.urllib.request import url2pathname
 
-import django
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except:
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-
-try:
-    from urllib.request import url2pathname
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib import url2pathname
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 
 from compressor.cache import get_hexdigest, get_mtime
 from compressor.conf import settings
@@ -23,7 +16,6 @@ from compressor.filters import CachedCompilerFilter
 from compressor.filters.css_default import CssAbsoluteFilter
 from compressor.storage import compressor_file_storage
 from compressor.signals import post_compress
-from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from compressor.utils import get_class, get_mod_func, staticfiles
 from compressor.utils.decorators import cached_property
 
diff --git a/compressor/cache.py b/compressor/cache.py
index 2bed36b..6cc7344 100644
--- a/compressor/cache.py
+++ b/compressor/cache.py
@@ -3,23 +3,13 @@ import hashlib
 import os
 import socket
 import time
+from importlib import import_module
 
-try:
-    from django.core.cache import caches
-    def get_cache(name):
-        return caches[name]
-except ImportError:
-    from django.core.cache import get_cache
-
+from django.core.cache import caches
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, smart_bytes
 from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except:
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
-
 from compressor.conf import settings
 from compressor.storage import default_storage
 from compressor.utils import get_mod_func
@@ -162,4 +152,4 @@ def cache_set(key, val, refreshed=False, timeout=None):
     return cache.set(key, packed_val, real_timeout)
 
 
-cache = SimpleLazyObject(lambda: get_cache(settings.COMPRESS_CACHE_BACKEND))
+cache = SimpleLazyObject(lambda: caches[settings.COMPRESS_CACHE_BACKEND])
diff --git a/compressor/filters/base.py b/compressor/filters/base.py
index 8bfdc58..dcdb96f 100644
--- a/compressor/filters/base.py
+++ b/compressor/filters/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import io
 import logging
 import subprocess
 
+from importlib import import_module
 from platform import system
 
 if system() != "Windows":
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@ else:
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.files.temp import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
-
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from django.utils import six
 
diff --git a/compressor/management/commands/compress.py b/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
index 4a94cc8..ba92074 100644
--- a/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
+++ b/compressor/management/commands/compress.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 from optparse import make_option
+from importlib import import_module
 
 import django
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
@@ -11,15 +13,6 @@ import django.template
 from django.template import Context
 from django.utils import six
 
-try:
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict as OrderedDict
-
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except:
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.template.loader import get_template  # noqa Leave this in to preload template locations
 from django.template import engines
 
diff --git a/compressor/parser/__init__.py b/compressor/parser/__init__.py
index 19beb01..a53f2a4 100644
--- a/compressor/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/compressor/parser/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
+from importlib import import_module
+
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
 # support legacy parser module usage
 from compressor.parser.base import ParserBase  # noqa
diff --git a/compressor/tests/test_utils.py b/compressor/tests/test_utils.py
index fc216cc..a275f0e 100644
--- a/compressor/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/compressor/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ import django
 
 import compressor.utils.staticfiles
 
-try:
-    import imp
-    reload = imp.reload  # Python 3
-except ImportError:
-    pass
+from imp import reload
 
 
 def get_apps_without_staticfiles(apps):