diff --git a/django/utils/datastructures.py b/django/utils/datastructures.py
index 69be07ba7ed..16741ba36b1 100644
--- a/django/utils/datastructures.py
+++ b/django/utils/datastructures.py
@@ -412,38 +412,6 @@ class MultiValueDict(dict):
         """
         return dict((key, self[key]) for key in self)
 
-class DotExpandedDict(dict):
-    """
-    A special dictionary constructor that takes a dictionary in which the keys
-    may contain dots to specify inner dictionaries. It's confusing, but this
-    example should make sense.
-
-    >>> d = DotExpandedDict({'person.1.firstname': ['Simon'], \
-            'person.1.lastname': ['Willison'], \
-            'person.2.firstname': ['Adrian'], \
-            'person.2.lastname': ['Holovaty']})
-    >>> d
-    {'person': {'1': {'lastname': ['Willison'], 'firstname': ['Simon']}, '2': {'lastname': ['Holovaty'], 'firstname': ['Adrian']}}}
-    >>> d['person']
-    {'1': {'lastname': ['Willison'], 'firstname': ['Simon']}, '2': {'lastname': ['Holovaty'], 'firstname': ['Adrian']}}
-    >>> d['person']['1']
-    {'lastname': ['Willison'], 'firstname': ['Simon']}
-
-    # Gotcha: Results are unpredictable if the dots are "uneven":
-    >>> DotExpandedDict({'c.1': 2, 'c.2': 3, 'c': 1})
-    {'c': 1}
-    """
-    def __init__(self, key_to_list_mapping):
-        for k, v in key_to_list_mapping.items():
-            current = self
-            bits = k.split('.')
-            for bit in bits[:-1]:
-                current = current.setdefault(bit, {})
-            # Now assign value to current position
-            try:
-                current[bits[-1]] = v
-            except TypeError: # Special-case if current isn't a dict.
-                current = {bits[-1]: v}
 
 class ImmutableList(tuple):
     """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/datastructures.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/datastructures.py
index 000f7f76a10..1af5018f3b6 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/datastructures.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/datastructures.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import copy
 import pickle
 
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
-from django.utils.datastructures import (DictWrapper, DotExpandedDict,
-    ImmutableList, MultiValueDict, MultiValueDictKeyError, MergeDict, SortedDict)
+from django.utils.datastructures import (DictWrapper, ImmutableList,
+    MultiValueDict, MultiValueDictKeyError, MergeDict, SortedDict)
 
 
 class SortedDictTests(SimpleTestCase):
@@ -251,20 +251,6 @@ class MultiValueDictTests(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual({}, MultiValueDict().dict())
 
 
-class DotExpandedDictTests(SimpleTestCase):
-
-    def test_dotexpandeddict(self):
-
-        d = DotExpandedDict({'person.1.firstname': ['Simon'],
-                             'person.1.lastname': ['Willison'],
-                             'person.2.firstname': ['Adrian'],
-                             'person.2.lastname': ['Holovaty']})
-
-        self.assertEqual(d['person']['1']['lastname'], ['Willison'])
-        self.assertEqual(d['person']['2']['lastname'], ['Holovaty'])
-        self.assertEqual(d['person']['2']['firstname'], ['Adrian'])
-
-
 class ImmutableListTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_sort(self):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/tests.py
index f5ca06ef1ea..a7deeeefae5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/tests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from .decorators import DecoratorFromMiddlewareTests
 from .functional import FunctionalTestCase
 from .timesince import TimesinceTests
 from .datastructures import (MultiValueDictTests, SortedDictTests,
-    DictWrapperTests, ImmutableListTests, DotExpandedDictTests, MergeDictTests)
+    DictWrapperTests, ImmutableListTests, MergeDictTests)
 from .tzinfo import TzinfoTests
 from .datetime_safe import DatetimeTests
 from .baseconv import TestBaseConv