diff --git a/avatar/urls.py b/avatar/urls.py
index 623e252..2608787 100644
--- a/avatar/urls.py
+++ b/avatar/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 try:
-    from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+    from django.conf.urls import url
 except ImportError:
     # Django < 1.4
     from django.conf.urls.defaults import url