diff --git a/django/db/models/__init__.py b/django/db/models/__init__.py
index 2ad89b3ed5..2c91d50856 100644
--- a/django/db/models/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.db import connection
 from django.db.models.loading import get_apps, get_app, get_models, get_model, register_models
 from django.db.models.query import Q
 from django.db.models.expressions import F