diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c10051c..c18b2ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 install:
-	pip install -e .[dev] --upgrade
+	pip install -e .[dev] --upgrade --process-dependency-links
 	pip install tox
 
 test:
diff --git a/gcm/utils.py b/gcm/utils.py
index 9a65435..7d541e7 100644
--- a/gcm/utils.py
+++ b/gcm/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    from django.utils.module_loading import import_module
-except ImportError:
-    # django <1.9
-    from django.utils.importlib import import_module
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_module
 
 
 def load_object(object_path):