diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index ac59224..5eb9697 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ dj-email-url
 dj-search-url
 django-cache-url>=1.0.0
 six
-unittest2
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index e6e1dd2..b7e374c 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import unittest2
 
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
 from django.conf import global_settings
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
+if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+    from unittest import skipIf
+else:
+    from django.utils.unittest import skipIf
+
 from mock import patch
 
 from configurations.importer import ConfigurationImporter
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ class MainTests(TestCase):
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         self.assertIn('--configuration', proc.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8'))
 
-    @unittest2.skipIf(DJANGO_VERSION >= (1, 10), 'only applies to Django < 1.10')
+    @skipIf(DJANGO_VERSION >= (1, 10), 'only applies to Django < 1.10')
     def test_deprecated_option_list_command(self):
         """
         Verify that the configuration option is correctly added to any