diff --git a/axes/conf.py b/axes/conf.py
index 37875a0..5652088 100644
--- a/axes/conf.py
+++ b/axes/conf.py
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-# TODO: Remove these imports after django-appconf does not depend on django.utils.six
-try:
-    from django.utils import six  # noqa
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    import sys
-    import warnings
-
-    sys.modules['django.utils.six'] = __import__('six')
-    warnings.warn('django.utils.six was patched for django-appconf backwards compatibility', ImportWarning)
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73f4903..350cc24 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setup(
     python_requires='~=3.5',
     install_requires=[
         'django',
-        'django-appconf',
+        'django-appconf>=1.0.3',
         'django-ipware>=2.0.2',
         'pytz',
         'six',