diff --git a/awx/api/authentication.py b/awx/api/authentication.py
index 85ad62963e..300c5cfc65 100644
--- a/awx/api/authentication.py
+++ b/awx/api/authentication.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import urllib
 
 # Django
 from django.utils.timezone import now as tz_now
-from django.conf import settings
 
 # Django REST Framework
 from rest_framework import authentication
diff --git a/awx/main/access.py b/awx/main/access.py
index a786920b24..ad5327a20b 100644
--- a/awx/main/access.py
+++ b/awx/main/access.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import sys
 import logging
 
 # Django
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models import F, Q
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index 915f361639..75be6280bd 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc..
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-import json
 from django.conf import settings as django_settings
 from awx.main.models.configuration import TowerSettings
 
diff --git a/awx/main/middleware.py b/awx/main/middleware.py
index 4737ed74a8..49077efa6f 100644
--- a/awx/main/middleware.py
+++ b/awx/main/middleware.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.functional import curry
-from django.conf import settings
 
 from awx import __version__ as version
 from awx.main.models import ActivityStream, Instance
diff --git a/awx/main/models/configuration.py b/awx/main/models/configuration.py
index c3591dd31c..6b35ea4d77 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/configuration.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/configuration.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
 # Python
+import json
 
 # Django
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 # Tower
diff --git a/awx/main/models/projects.py b/awx/main/models/projects.py
index 30c6c9d9d1..c266f33971 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/projects.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/projects.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import re
 import urlparse
 
 # Django
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
diff --git a/awx/main/registrar.py b/awx/main/registrar.py
index 20783745ad..c78bf22f7c 100644
--- a/awx/main/registrar.py
+++ b/awx/main/registrar.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save, post_delete, m2m_changed
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.registrar')
diff --git a/awx/main/signals.py b/awx/main/signals.py
index 483626a7c7..aebf2ac7ee 100644
--- a/awx/main/signals.py
+++ b/awx/main/signals.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import threading
 import json
 
 # Django
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save, pre_delete, post_delete, m2m_changed
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index ef19e42d8c..de95460201 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ def wrap_args_with_proot(args, cwd, **kwargs):
      - /tmp (except for own tmp files)
     '''
     from awx.main.conf import tower_settings
+    from django.conf import settings
     new_args = [getattr(settings, 'AWX_PROOT_CMD', 'proot'), '-v',
                 str(getattr(settings, 'AWX_PROOT_VERBOSITY', '0')), '-r', '/']
     hide_paths = ['/etc/tower', '/var/lib/awx', '/var/log',