diff --git a/django_hstore/fields.py b/django_hstore/fields.py
index fa0e9ad..d4fd146 100644
--- a/django_hstore/fields.py
+++ b/django_hstore/fields.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
-import json
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
 import datetime
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+import json
 
+import django
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils import six
-from django import get_version
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from . import forms, utils
 from .descriptors import HStoreDescriptor, HStoreReferenceDescriptor, SerializedDictDescriptor
 from .dict import HStoreDict, HStoreReferenceDict
 from .virtual import create_hstore_virtual_field
-from . import forms, utils
 
 
 class HStoreField(models.Field):
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def south_field_triple(self):  # pragma no cover
         return name, args, kwargs
 
 
-if parse_version(get_version()) >= parse_version('1.7'):
+if django.VERSION >= (1, 7):
     from .lookups import (HStoreGreaterThan, HStoreGreaterThanOrEqual, HStoreLessThan,
                           HStoreLessThanOrEqual, HStoreContains, HStoreIContains, HStoreIsNull)
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _remove_hstore_virtual_fields(self):
                 delattr(cls, field_name)
             delattr(cls, '_hstore_virtual_fields')
         # django >= 1.8
-        if parse_version(get_version()[0:3]) >= parse_version('1.8'):
+        if django.VERSION >= (1, 8):
             # remove  all hstore virtual fields from meta
             hstore_fields = []
             # get all the existing hstore virtual fields
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def _remove_hstore_virtual_fields(self):
             # cls._meta.fields.__class__ == ImmutableList
             cls._meta.fields = cls._meta.fields.__class__(fields)
         # django <= 1.7
-        # TODO: will removed when django 1.7 will be deprecated
+        # TODO: Remove this when django 1.7 is no longer supported.
         else:
             # remove  all hstore virtual fields from meta
             for meta_fields in ['fields', 'local_fields', 'virtual_fields']:
diff --git a/django_hstore/widgets.py b/django_hstore/widgets.py
index 3b1e328..2c176aa 100644
--- a/django_hstore/widgets.py
+++ b/django_hstore/widgets.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
-from django import forms, get_version
-from django.contrib.admin.widgets import AdminTextareaWidget
+import django
+from django import forms
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_static import static
+from django.contrib.admin.widgets import AdminTextareaWidget
 from django.template import Context
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.conf import settings
-
 
 __all__ = [
     'AdminHStoreWidget'
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
         template_context = Context({
             'field_name': name,
             'STATIC_URL': settings.STATIC_URL,
-            'use_svg': parse_version(get_version()) >= parse_version('1.9'),  # use svg icons if django >= 1.9
+            'use_svg': django.VERSION >= (1, 9),  # use svg icons if django >= 1.9
         })
         # get template object
         template = get_template('hstore_%s_widget.html' % self.admin_style)
diff --git a/tests/django_hstore_tests/tests/test_schema_mode.py b/tests/django_hstore_tests/tests/test_schema_mode.py
index 4d2d383..ccbad43 100644
--- a/tests/django_hstore_tests/tests/test_schema_mode.py
+++ b/tests/django_hstore_tests/tests/test_schema_mode.py
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
-import sys
 import shutil
+import sys
 
-if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-    from io import StringIO
-else:
-    from StringIO import StringIO
+from django_hstore_tests.models import NullSchemaDataBag, SchemaDataBag
 
-from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
-from django.db import models
+import django
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.core.management import call_command
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from django_hstore import hstore
 from django_hstore.virtual import create_hstore_virtual_field
 
-from django_hstore_tests.models import SchemaDataBag, NullSchemaDataBag
+if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+    from io import StringIO
+else:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
 
 
 MIGRATION_PATH = '{0}/../{1}'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'migrations')
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def test_str(self):
         d = SchemaDataBag()
         self.assertEqual(str(d.data), '{}')
 
-    if DJANGO_VERSION[:2] >= (1, 8):
+    if django.VERSION >= (1, 8):
         def test_reload_schema(self):
             # cache some stuff
             f = SchemaDataBag._meta.get_field('data')
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def test_none_handling(self):
         self.assertEqual(d.char, '')
         self.assertEqual(d.number, 0)
 
-    if DJANGO_VERSION[:2] >= (1, 7):
+    if django.VERSION >= (1, 7):
         def _test_migrations_issue_103(self):
             """ failing test for https://github.com/djangonauts/django-hstore/issues/103 """
             # start capturing output
@@ -454,6 +454,6 @@ def _test_migrations_issue_117(self):
         def test_migrations(self):
             self._test_migrations_issue_117()
             # changes in django 1.8 make this test obsolete
-            if DJANGO_VERSION[:2] == (1, 7):
+            if django.VERSION == (1, 7):
                 self._test_migrations_issue_103()
             TestSchemaMode._delete_migrations()