diff --git a/django/utils/functional.py b/django/utils/functional.py
index c487cd8517..3df8c2f5c8 100644
--- a/django/utils/functional.py
+++ b/django/utils/functional.py
@@ -317,10 +317,6 @@ def unpickle_lazyobject(wrapped):
 unpickle_lazyobject.__safe_for_unpickling__ = True
 
 
-# Workaround for http://bugs.python.org/issue12370
-_super = super
-
-
 class SimpleLazyObject(LazyObject):
     """
     A lazy object initialized from any function.
@@ -338,7 +334,7 @@ class SimpleLazyObject(LazyObject):
         value.
         """
         self.__dict__['_setupfunc'] = func
-        _super(SimpleLazyObject, self).__init__()
+        super(SimpleLazyObject, self).__init__()
 
     def _setup(self):
         self._wrapped = self._setupfunc()