diff --git a/django/utils/version.py b/django/utils/version.py
index 19486b7c6d..c680dbdc4a 100644
--- a/django/utils/version.py
+++ b/django/utils/version.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import datetime
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-from django.utils.lru_cache import lru_cache
-
 
 def get_version(version=None):
     "Returns a PEP 386-compliant version number from VERSION."
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ def get_complete_version(version=None):
     return version
 
 
-@lru_cache()
 def get_git_changeset():
     """Returns a numeric identifier of the latest git changeset.