diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index 43c5503f990..fbda8b7a35b 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from functools import update_wrapper, partial
 from django import forms, template
 from django.forms.formsets import all_valid
 from django.forms.models import (modelform_factory, modelformset_factory,
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render_to_response
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
-from django.utils.functional import update_wrapper
 from django.utils.html import escape, escapejs
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.utils.text import capfirst, get_text_list
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
             "form": self.form,
             "fields": fields,
             "exclude": exclude,
-            "formfield_callback": curry(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
+            "formfield_callback": partial(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
         }
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         return modelform_factory(self.model, **defaults)
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         Returns a Form class for use in the Formset on the changelist page.
         """
         defaults = {
-            "formfield_callback": curry(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
+            "formfield_callback": partial(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
         }
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         return modelform_factory(self.model, **defaults)
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         is used.
         """
         defaults = {
-            "formfield_callback": curry(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
+            "formfield_callback": partial(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
         }
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         return modelformset_factory(self.model,
@@ -1327,7 +1326,7 @@ class InlineModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
             "fk_name": self.fk_name,
             "fields": fields,
             "exclude": exclude,
-            "formfield_callback": curry(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
+            "formfield_callback": partial(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
             "extra": self.extra,
             "max_num": self.max_num,
             "can_delete": self.can_delete,
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
index b03bce455ed..1f98db8abc0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+from functools import update_wrapper
 from django import http, template
 from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin, actions
 from django.contrib.admin.forms import AdminAuthenticationForm
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
-from django.utils.functional import update_wrapper
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/decorators.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/decorators.py
index 9088eb04946..9fabe64a6a2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/decorators.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/decorators.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    from functools import wraps
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.functional import wraps  # Python 2.4 fallback.
-
+from functools import wraps
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.contrib.admin.forms import AdminAuthenticationForm
 from django.contrib.auth.views import login
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
index 1978b3e800a..f210d4ec797 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 Form Widget classes specific to the Django admin site.
 """
 
-import django.utils.copycompat as copy
-
+import copy
 from django import forms
 from django.forms.widgets import RadioFieldRenderer
 from django.forms.util import flatatt
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py b/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
index 64b77a5f964..00a6bce17d6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import urlparse
-try:
-    from functools import wraps
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.functional import wraps  # Python 2.4 fallback.
-
+from functools import wraps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
 from django.utils.decorators import available_attrs
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
index 8fcbdef6e8e..4fceca840a1 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import hashlib
 import urllib
 
 from django.contrib import auth
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.manager import EmptyManager
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor, sha_constructor
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
 
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def get_hexdigest(algorithm, salt, raw_password):
         return crypt.crypt(raw_password, salt)
 
     if algorithm == 'md5':
-        return md5_constructor(salt + raw_password).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.md5(salt + raw_password).hexdigest()
     elif algorithm == 'sha1':
-        return sha_constructor(salt + raw_password).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.sha1(salt + raw_password).hexdigest()
     raise ValueError("Got unknown password algorithm type in password.")
 
 def check_password(raw_password, enc_password):
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/tokens.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/tokens.py
index 20b2ecbbc71..c9baff2261a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/tokens.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/tokens.py
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ class TokenGeneratorTest(TestCase):
         # Hard code in the Django 1.2 algorithm (not the result, as it is time
         # dependent)
         def _make_token(user):
-            from django.utils.hashcompat import sha_constructor
+            import hashlib
             from django.utils.http import int_to_base36
 
             timestamp = (date.today() - date(2001,1,1)).days
             ts_b36 = int_to_base36(timestamp)
-            hash = sha_constructor(settings.SECRET_KEY + unicode(user.id) +
-                                   user.password + user.last_login.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') +
-                                   unicode(timestamp)).hexdigest()[::2]
+            hash = hashlib.sha1(settings.SECRET_KEY + unicode(user.id) +
+                               user.password + user.last_login.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') +
+                               unicode(timestamp)).hexdigest()[::2]
             return "%s-%s" % (ts_b36, hash)
 
         user = User.objects.create_user('tokentestuser', 'test2@example.com', 'testpw')
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py b/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py
index f03ed0c93f4..483c4838a74 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tokens.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import date
-
+import hashlib
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.hashcompat import sha_constructor
 from django.utils.http import int_to_base36, base36_to_int
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare, salted_hmac
 
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ class PasswordResetTokenGenerator(object):
     def _make_token_with_timestamp_old(self, user, timestamp):
         # The Django 1.2 method
         ts_b36 = int_to_base36(timestamp)
-        hash = sha_constructor(settings.SECRET_KEY + unicode(user.id) +
-                               user.password + user.last_login.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') +
-                               unicode(timestamp)).hexdigest()[::2]
+        hash = hashlib.sha1(settings.SECRET_KEY + unicode(user.id) +
+                           user.password + user.last_login.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') +
+                           unicode(timestamp)).hexdigest()[::2]
         return "%s-%s" % (ts_b36, hash)
 
     def _num_days(self, dt):
diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/forms.py b/django/contrib/comments/forms.py
index 4ecc4c4c06c..a0cfc2452c0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/forms.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import time
 import datetime
-
+import hashlib
+import time
 from django import forms
 from django.forms.util import ErrorDict
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from models import Comment
 from django.utils.crypto import salted_hmac, constant_time_compare
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
-from django.utils.hashcompat import sha_constructor
 from django.utils.text import get_text_list
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext, ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ class CommentSecurityForm(forms.Form):
         """Generate a (SHA1) security hash from the provided info."""
         # Django 1.2 compatibility
         info = (content_type, object_pk, timestamp, settings.SECRET_KEY)
-        return sha_constructor("".join(info)).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.sha1("".join(info)).hexdigest()
 
 class CommentDetailsForm(CommentSecurityForm):
     """
diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
index 76f8eaf973e..64c1f8b4200 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Classes allowing "generic" relations through ContentType and object-id fields.
 """
 
+from functools import partial
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import connection
 from django.db.models import signals
@@ -11,11 +12,8 @@ from django.db.models.loading import get_model
 from django.forms import ModelForm
 from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet, modelformset_factory, save_instance
 from django.contrib.admin.options import InlineModelAdmin, flatten_fieldsets
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
-from django.utils.functional import curry
-
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
 class GenericForeignKey(object):
     """
@@ -414,7 +412,7 @@ class GenericInlineModelAdmin(InlineModelAdmin):
             "ct_field": self.ct_field,
             "fk_field": self.ct_fk_field,
             "form": self.form,
-            "formfield_callback": curry(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
+            "formfield_callback": partial(self.formfield_for_dbfield, request=request),
             "formset": self.formset,
             "extra": self.extra,
             "can_delete": self.can_delete,
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py b/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
index 3fa61ba6bfe..7d6398c9a65 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 Formtools Preview application.
 """
 
-import cPickle as pickle
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template.context import RequestContext
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
 from django.contrib.formtools.utils import security_hash
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/utils.py b/django/contrib/formtools/utils.py
index 894178a6168..974850dc6e2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/utils.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/utils.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import pickle
 
+import hashlib
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.forms import BooleanField
 from django.utils.crypto import salted_hmac
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 
 
 def security_hash(request, form, *args):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def security_hash(request, form, *args):
     # Python 2.3, but Django requires 2.4 anyway, so that's OK.
     pickled = pickle.dumps(data, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
 
-    return md5_constructor(pickled).hexdigest()
+    return hashlib.md5(pickled).hexdigest()
 
 
 def form_hmac(form):
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/wizard.py b/django/contrib/formtools/wizard.py
index 6f3660dd996..d581f0df83a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/wizard.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/wizard.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ step and storing the form's state as HTML hidden fields so that no state is
 stored on the server side.
 """
 
-import cPickle as pickle
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except ImportError:
+    import pickle
 
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -13,7 +16,6 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template.context import RequestContext
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_protect
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
index 8342b580edb..4620a9fb528 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
 
     def test22_copy(self):
         "Testing use with the Python `copy` module."
-        import django.utils.copycompat as copy
+        import copy
         poly = GEOSGeometry('POLYGON((0 0, 0 23, 23 23, 23 0, 0 0), (5 5, 5 10, 10 10, 10 5, 5 5))')
         cpy1 = copy.copy(poly)
         cpy2 = copy.deepcopy(poly)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos_mutation.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos_mutation.py
index 266a12d3b3d..c8f7e658adf 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos_mutation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos_mutation.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Modified from original contribution by Aryeh Leib Taurog, which was
 # released under the New BSD license.
 
-import django.utils.copycompat as copy
-
+import copy
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import *
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.error import GEOSIndexError
 from django.utils import unittest
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
index ad7a50462c2..3caa22d09bd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/layermap/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import copy
 import os
 from decimal import Decimal
 
-from django.utils.copycompat import copy
 from django.utils.unittest import TestCase
 
 from django.contrib.gis.gdal import DataSource, OGRException
diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py
index bb09cb657a7..7dfc39e6cb3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import base64
+import hashlib
 import os
 import random
 import sys
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 from django.utils.crypto import constant_time_compare, salted_hmac
 
 # Use the system (hardware-based) random number generator if it exists.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class SessionBase(object):
     def _decode_old(self, session_data):
         encoded_data = base64.decodestring(session_data)
         pickled, tamper_check = encoded_data[:-32], encoded_data[-32:]
-        if not constant_time_compare(md5_constructor(pickled + settings.SECRET_KEY).hexdigest(),
+        if not constant_time_compare(hashlib.md5(pickled + settings.SECRET_KEY).hexdigest(),
                                      tamper_check):
             raise SuspiciousOperation("User tampered with session cookie.")
         return pickle.loads(pickled)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class SessionBase(object):
             # No getpid() in Jython, for example
             pid = 1
         while 1:
-            session_key = md5_constructor("%s%s%s%s"
+            session_key = hashlib.md5("%s%s%s%s"
                     % (randrange(0, MAX_SESSION_KEY), pid, time.time(),
                        settings.SECRET_KEY)).hexdigest()
             if not self.exists(session_key):
diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
index afdb7618168..9cce3549acc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import hashlib
 import pickle
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, SuspiciousOperation
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.utils import unittest
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 
 
 class SessionTestsMixin(object):
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class SessionTestsMixin(object):
         # Hard code the Django 1.2 method here:
         def encode(session_dict):
             pickled = pickle.dumps(session_dict, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-            pickled_md5 = md5_constructor(pickled + settings.SECRET_KEY).hexdigest()
+            pickled_md5 = hashlib.md5(pickled + settings.SECRET_KEY).hexdigest()
             return base64.encodestring(pickled + pickled_md5)
 
         data = {'a test key': 'a test value'}
diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/filebased.py b/django/core/cache/backends/filebased.py
index b75d636a7ab..57bb63eedcb 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/filebased.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/filebased.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 "File-based cache backend"
 
+import hashlib
 import os
-import time
 import shutil
+import time
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
 except ImportError:
     import pickle
 
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import BaseCache
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 
 class FileBasedCache(BaseCache):
     def __init__(self, dir, params):
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class FileBasedCache(BaseCache):
         Thus, a cache key of "foo" gets turnned into a file named
         ``{cache-dir}ac/bd/18db4cc2f85cedef654fccc4a4d8``.
         """
-        path = md5_constructor(key).hexdigest()
+        path = hashlib.md5(key).hexdigest()
         path = os.path.join(path[:2], path[2:4], path[4:])
         return os.path.join(self._dir, path)
 
diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/locmem.py b/django/core/cache/backends/locmem.py
index ecec8750bad..fa3b4b7f180 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/locmem.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/locmem.py
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ class LocMemCache(BaseCache):
         key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
         self.validate_key(key)
         self._lock.writer_enters()
-        # Python 2.4 doesn't allow combined try-except-finally blocks.
         try:
-            try:
-                self._set(key, pickle.dumps(value), timeout)
-            except pickle.PickleError:
-                pass
+            self._set(key, pickle.dumps(value), timeout)
+        except pickle.PickleError:
+            pass
         finally:
             self._lock.writer_leaves()