diff --git a/compressor/test_settings.py b/compressor/test_settings.py
index 6a72e7f..7fb021c 100644
--- a/compressor/test_settings.py
+++ b/compressor/test_settings.py
@@ -19,12 +19,19 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'compressor',
     'coffin',
 ]
 if django.VERSION < (1, 8):
     INSTALLED_APPS.append('jingo')
 
+STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
+    'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
+]
+
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 
diff --git a/compressor/utils/staticfiles.py b/compressor/utils/staticfiles.py
index 28026f2..2d9ed00 100644
--- a/compressor/utils/staticfiles.py
+++ b/compressor/utils/staticfiles.py
@@ -4,20 +4,10 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 from compressor.conf import settings
 
-INSTALLED = ("staticfiles" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS or
-             "django.contrib.staticfiles" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
+if "django.contrib.staticfiles" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+    from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders  # noqa
 
-if INSTALLED:
-    if "django.contrib.staticfiles" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
-        from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders
-    else:
-        try:
-            from staticfiles import finders  # noqa
-        except ImportError:
-            # Old (pre 1.0) and incompatible version of staticfiles
-            INSTALLED = False
-
-    if (INSTALLED and "compressor.finders.CompressorFinder"
+    if ("compressor.finders.CompressorFinder"
             not in settings.STATICFILES_FINDERS):
         raise ImproperlyConfigured(
             "When using Django Compressor together with staticfiles, "
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.txt b/docs/quickstart.txt
index bf57c76..00931ea 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.txt
+++ b/docs/quickstart.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ Installation
 * See the list of :ref:`settings` to modify Django Compressor's
   default behaviour and make adjustments for your website.
 
-* In case you use Django's staticfiles_ contrib app (or its standalone
-  counterpart django-staticfiles_) you have to add Django Compressor's file
-  finder to the ``STATICFILES_FINDERS`` setting, for example with
-  ``django.contrib.staticfiles``:
+* In case you use Django's staticfiles_ contrib app you have to add Django
+  Compressor's file finder to the ``STATICFILES_FINDERS`` setting, like this:
 
   .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/docs/remote-storages.txt b/docs/remote-storages.txt
index 91e7c2e..8af6934 100644
--- a/docs/remote-storages.txt
+++ b/docs/remote-storages.txt
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ The storage backend to save the compressed files needs to be changed, too::
 Using staticfiles
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-If you are using Django's staticfiles_ contrib app or the standalone
-app django-staticfiles_, you'll need to use a temporary filesystem cache
-for Django Compressor to know which files to compress. Since staticfiles
-provides a management command to collect static files from various
-locations which uses a storage backend, this is where both apps can be
-integrated.
+If you are using Django's staticfiles_ contrib app, you'll need to use a
+temporary filesystem cache for Django Compressor to know which files to
+compress. Since staticfiles provides a management command to collect static
+files from various locations which uses a storage backend, this is where both
+apps can be integrated.
 
 #. Make sure the :attr:`~django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_ROOT` and STATIC_ROOT_
    settings are equal since both apps need to look at the same directories
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ integrated.
 .. _Amazon S3: https://s3.amazonaws.com/
 .. _boto: http://boto.cloudhackers.com/
 .. _django-storages: http://code.welldev.org/django-storages/
-.. _django-staticfiles: http://github.com/jezdez/django-staticfiles/
 .. _staticfiles: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
 .. _STATIC_ROOT: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
 .. _STATIC_URL: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url