diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 596f4ae78a..bf0dea558a 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ MESSAGE_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage'
 ###########
 
 # The callable to use to configure logging
-LOGGING_CONFIG = 'django.utils.log.dictConfig'
+LOGGING_CONFIG = 'logging.config.dictConfig'
 
 # Custom logging configuration.
 LOGGING = {}
diff --git a/django/utils/dictconfig.py b/django/utils/dictconfig.py
index c7b39819b5..ed1440ce11 100644
--- a/django/utils/dictconfig.py
+++ b/django/utils/dictconfig.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import warnings
+
+warnings.warn("django.utils.dictconfig will be removed in Django 1.9.",
+    PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
 # This is a copy of the Python logging.config.dictconfig module,
 # reproduced with permission. It is provided here for backwards
 # compatibility for Python versions prior to 2.7.
diff --git a/django/utils/log.py b/django/utils/log.py
index 6734a7261e..cb33378c07 100644
--- a/django/utils/log.py
+++ b/django/utils/log.py
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ except ImportError:
         def emit(self, record):
             pass
 
-# Make sure that dictConfig is available
-# This was added in Python 2.7/3.2
-try:
-    from logging.config import dictConfig
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils.dictconfig import dictConfig
+from logging.config import dictConfig
 
 getLogger = logging.getLogger
 
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 7503506ecc..b0f5566cb3 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ these changes.
 1.9
 ---
 
+* ``django.utils.dictconfig`` will be removed.
+
 * ``django.utils.unittest`` will be removed.
 
 2.0
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 2707b2896e..6955ef2030 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Backwards incompatible changes in 1.7
 Features deprecated in 1.7
 ==========================
 
+``django.utils.dictconfig``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``django.utils.dictconfig`` was a copy of :mod:`logging.config` provided for
+Python versions prior to 2.7. It has been deprecated.
+
 ``django.utils.unittest``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/logging.txt b/docs/topics/logging.txt
index a88201ad47..e2e68a61a1 100644
--- a/docs/topics/logging.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/logging.txt
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@ Python's logging library provides several techniques to configure
 logging, ranging from a programmatic interface to configuration files.
 By default, Django uses the `dictConfig format`_.
 
-.. note::
-    ``logging.dictConfig`` is a builtin library in Python 2.7. In
-    order to make this library available for users of earlier Python
-    versions, Django includes a copy as part of ``django.utils.log``.
-    If you have Python 2.7 or later, the system native library will be used; if
-    you have Python 2.6, Django's copy will be used.
-
 In order to configure logging, you use :setting:`LOGGING` to define a
 dictionary of logging settings. These settings describes the loggers,
 handlers, filters and formatters that you want in your logging setup,
@@ -234,8 +227,6 @@ use in your project code.
 
 .. _dictConfig format: http://docs.python.org/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
 
-.. _a third-party library: http://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/dictconfig
-
 An example
 ----------