diff --git a/djedi/admin/cms.py b/djedi/admin/cms.py
index 65d4e290..97ec9b0e 100644
--- a/djedi/admin/cms.py
+++ b/djedi/admin/cms.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from django.views.generic import View
 
 from ..auth import has_permission
-from ..compat import include, patterns, render, url
+from ..compat import include, render, url
 from .mixins import DjediContextMixin
 
 
diff --git a/djedi/admin/urls.py b/djedi/admin/urls.py
index b48b9579..bc9ef7b5 100644
--- a/djedi/admin/urls.py
+++ b/djedi/admin/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from ..compat import include, patterns, url
+from ..compat import include, url
 from .api import LoadApi, NodeApi, NodeEditor, PublishApi, RenderApi, RevisionsApi
 from .cms import DjediCMS
 
diff --git a/djedi/backends/django/cache/backend.py b/djedi/backends/django/cache/backend.py
index e913aa6c..2a80dcd7 100644
--- a/djedi/backends/django/cache/backend.py
+++ b/djedi/backends/django/cache/backend.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_bytes, smart_text
 from cio.backends.base import CacheBackend
 from django.core.cache.backends.locmem import LocMemCache
-
-from djedi.compat import get_cache
+from django.core.cache import caches
 
 
 class DjangoCacheBackend(CacheBackend):
diff --git a/djedi/compat.py b/djedi/compat.py
index cc7912ff..652dac69 100644
--- a/djedi/compat.py
+++ b/djedi/compat.py
@@ -5,9 +5,34 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse as BaseTemplateResponse
-from django.core.cache import caches
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.urls import reverse, NoReverseMatch
+from django.template.library import parse_bits
+
+
+def generic_tag_compiler(
+    parser, token, params, varargs, varkw, defaults, name, takes_context, node_class
+):
+    """
+     Returns a template.Node subclass.
+     This got inlined into django.template.library since Django since 1.9, this here
+     is a copypasta replacement:
+    https://github.com/django/django/blob/stable/1.8.x/django/template/base.py#L1089
+    """
+    bits = token.split_contents()[1:]
+    args, kwargs = parse_bits(
+        parser=parser,
+        bits=bits,
+        params=params,
+        varargs=varargs,
+        varkw=varkw,
+        defaults=defaults,
+        kwonly=(),
+        kwonly_defaults=(),
+        takes_context=takes_context,
+        name=name,
+    )
+    return node_class(takes_context, args, kwargs)
 
 
 render_to_string = partial(render_to_string, using="django")
@@ -20,10 +45,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(TemplateResponse, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def get_cache(name):
-    return caches[name]
-
-
 ArgSpec = namedtuple("ArgSpec", ["args", "varargs", "keywords", "defaults"])
 
 
@@ -38,14 +59,10 @@ def getargspec(func):
 
 
 __all__ = [
+    "generic_tag_compiler",
     "render_to_string",
     "render",
-    "patterns",
     "include",
     "url",
     "reverse",
-    "NoReverseMatch",
-    "generic_tag_compiler",
-    "parse_bits",
-    "get_cache",
 ]
diff --git a/djedi/rest/urls.py b/djedi/rest/urls.py
index 465c6513..22887cb6 100644
--- a/djedi/rest/urls.py
+++ b/djedi/rest/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.http import Http404
 
-from ..compat import patterns, url
+from ..compat import url
 from .api import EmbedApi, NodesApi
 
 app_name = "rest"
diff --git a/djedi/templatetags/template.py b/djedi/templatetags/template.py
index aa11f59e..ddc2d936 100644
--- a/djedi/templatetags/template.py
+++ b/djedi/templatetags/template.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from functools import partial
 from django import template
 from django.template import Context
-from django.template.base import Node, TemplateSyntaxError, generic_tag_compiler
+from django.template.base import Node, TemplateSyntaxError
 
-from ..compat import getargspec
+from ..compat import getargspec, generic_tag_compiler
 
 register = template.Library()
 
diff --git a/djedi/tests/urls.py b/djedi/tests/urls.py
index c5a0407d..da9d8626 100644
--- a/djedi/tests/urls.py
+++ b/djedi/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
-from ..compat import include, patterns, url
+from ..compat import include, url
 
 admin.autodiscover()
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 7ba48066..c7a91535 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ If the Django ``AdminSite`` already is enabled, and `included <django-admin-site
 
     # urls.py
 
-    from django.conf.urls import patterns, include
+    from django.conf.urls import include
     from django.contrib import admin
 
     admin.autodiscover()