diff --git a/wooey/__init__.py b/wooey/__init__.py
index 761286ed..20166c5b 100644
--- a/wooey/__init__.py
+++ b/wooey/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,2 @@
 from . import version
-import os
-if version.DJANGO_VERSION >= version.DJ17:
-    default_app_config = 'wooey.apps.WooeyConfig'
-else:
-    if os.environ.get('TESTING') != 'True' and os.environ.get('WOOEY_BOOTSTRAP') != 'True':
-        from . import settings as wooey_settings
-        # we need to call from within wooey_settings so the celery/etc vars are setup
-        if not wooey_settings.settings.configured:
-            wooey_settings.settings.configure()
-        from .apps import WooeyConfig
-        WooeyConfig().ready()
+default_app_config = 'wooey.apps.WooeyConfig'
diff --git a/wooey/backend/command_line.py b/wooey/backend/command_line.py
index c44ebb9b..b41d74c7 100644
--- a/wooey/backend/command_line.py
+++ b/wooey/backend/command_line.py
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ def bootstrap(env=None, cwd=None):
     # do the same with urls
     shutil.move(os.path.join(project_base_dir, 'urls.py'), os.path.join(project_base_dir, 'urls', 'django_urls.py'))
     env['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = '.'.join([project_name, 'settings', 'user_settings'])
-    if django_compat.DJANGO_VERSION >= django_compat.DJ17:
-        subprocess.call(['python', 'manage.py', 'migrate'], env=env, cwd=project_root)
-    else:
-        subprocess.call(['python', 'manage.py', 'syncdb', '--noinput'], env=env, cwd=project_root)
+    subprocess.call(['python', 'manage.py', 'migrate'], env=env, cwd=project_root)
     subprocess.call(['python', 'manage.py', 'createcachetable'], env=env, cwd=project_root)
     subprocess.call(['python', 'manage.py', 'collectstatic', '--noinput'], env=env, cwd=project_root)
     sys.stdout.write("Please enter the project directory {0}, and run python manage.py createsuperuser and"
diff --git a/wooey/conf/project_template/settings/wooey_settings.py b/wooey/conf/project_template/settings/wooey_settings.py
index 54aa28b2..466645c0 100644
--- a/wooey/conf/project_template/settings/wooey_settings.py
+++ b/wooey/conf/project_template/settings/wooey_settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .django_settings import *
-from wooey.version import DJANGO_VERSION, DJ17, DJ110
+from wooey.version import DJANGO_VERSION, DJ110
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 INSTALLED_APPS += (
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   ('fr', _('French')),
   ('ja', _('Japanese')),
   ('nl', _('Dutch')),
-  ('zh-hans' if DJANGO_VERSION >= DJ17 else 'zh-cn', _('Simplified Chinese')),
+  ('zh-hans', _('Simplified Chinese')),
 ]
 
 NEW_MIDDLEWARE = []
diff --git a/wooey/django_compat.py b/wooey/django_compat.py
index a711106b..b8a846ca 100644
--- a/wooey/django_compat.py
+++ b/wooey/django_compat.py
@@ -6,30 +6,6 @@
 except RuntimeError:
     pass
 
-# JSON compatibility fixes
-if DJANGO_VERSION < DJ17:
-    import json
-    from django.http import HttpResponse
-
-
-    class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
-        """
-            JSON response
-            # from https://gist.github.com/philippeowagner/3179eb475fe1795d6515
-        """
-
-        def __init__(self, content, mimetype='application/json', status=None, content_type=None, **kwargs):
-            super(JsonResponse, self).__init__(
-                content=json.dumps(content),
-                mimetype=mimetype,
-                status=status,
-                content_type=content_type,
-            )
-
-
-else:
-    from django.http import JsonResponse
-
 if DJANGO_VERSION < DJ19:
     from django.template.base import TagHelperNode, parse_bits
 else:
@@ -40,18 +16,3 @@ def __init__(self, content, mimetype='application/json', status=None, content_ty
     get_template_from_string = Engine.get_default().from_string
 else:
     from django.template.loader import get_template_from_string
-
-
-if DJANGO_VERSION < DJ17:
-    from django.forms.util import flatatt, format_html
-
-else:
-    from django.forms.utils import flatatt, format_html
-
-def get_cache(cache):
-    if DJANGO_VERSION < DJ17:
-        from django.core.cache import get_cache
-        return get_cache(cache)
-    else:
-        from django.core.cache import caches
-        return caches[cache]
diff --git a/wooey/forms/factory.py b/wooey/forms/factory.py
index 7d7251d3..2a243252 100644
--- a/wooey/forms/factory.py
+++ b/wooey/forms/factory.py
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 __author__ = 'chris'
 import copy
 import json
-import six
 import os
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+import six
 from django import forms
+from django.forms.utils import flatatt, format_html
 from django.http.request import QueryDict
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
-from .scripts import WooeyForm
 from . import config
-from ..backend import utils
-from ..models import ScriptParameter, ScriptVersion
-from ..django_compat import flatatt, format_html
+from .scripts import WooeyForm
 from .. import version
+from ..backend import utils
+from ..models import ScriptVersion
 
 
 def mutli_render(render_func, appender_data_dict=None):
diff --git a/wooey/models/core.py b/wooey/models/core.py
index f9975a56..09f1f237 100644
--- a/wooey/models/core.py
+++ b/wooey/models/core.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from celery import states
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.cache import caches as django_cache
 from django.core.files.storage import SuspiciousFileOperation
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 from . mixins import UpdateScriptsMixin, ModelDiffMixin, WooeyPy2Mixin
 from .. import settings as wooey_settings
 from .. backend import utils
-from .. import django_compat
 
 # TODO: Handle cases where celery is not setup but specified to be used
 tasks = importlib.import_module(wooey_settings.WOOEY_CELERY_TASKS)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ScriptVersion(ModelDiffMixin, WooeyPy2Mixin, models.Model):
     # parameters, but even a huge site may only have a few thousand parameters to query though.
     script_version = models.CharField(max_length=50, help_text='The script version.', blank=True, default='1')
     script_iteration = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=1)
-    script_path = models.FileField() if django_compat.DJANGO_VERSION >= django_compat.DJ17 else models.FileField(upload_to=wooey_settings.WOOEY_SCRIPT_DIR)
+    script_path = models.FileField()
     default_version = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     script = models.ForeignKey('Script', related_name='script_version')
     checksum = models.CharField(max_length=40, blank=True)
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def update_realtime(self, stdout='', stderr='', delete=False):
             self.stderr = stderr
             self.save()
         elif wooey_cache is not None:
-            cache = django_compat.get_cache(wooey_cache)
+            cache = django_cache[wooey_cache]
             if delete:
                 cache.delete(self.get_realtime_key())
             else:
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def update_realtime(self, stdout='', stderr='', delete=False):
     def get_realtime(self):
         wooey_cache = wooey_settings.WOOEY_REALTIME_CACHE
         if wooey_cache is not None:
-            cache = django_compat.get_cache(wooey_cache)
+            cache = django_cache[wooey_cache]
             out = cache.get(self.get_realtime_key())
             if out:
                 return json.loads(out)
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 
 class WooeyFile(WooeyPy2Mixin, models.Model):
-    filepath = models.FileField(max_length=500) if django_compat.DJANGO_VERSION >= django_compat.DJ17 else models.FileField(max_length=500, upload_to=wooey_settings.WOOEY_SCRIPT_DIR)
+    filepath = models.FileField(max_length=500)
     filepreview = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
     filetype = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
     size_bytes = models.IntegerField(null=True)
diff --git a/wooey/tests/test_models.py b/wooey/tests/test_models.py
index 89bfde23..e051973a 100644
--- a/wooey/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/wooey/tests/test_models.py
@@ -82,14 +82,10 @@ def test_jobs(self):
         new_job.submit_to_celery(rerun=True)
         # check that we overwrite our output
         new_output = sorted([i.pk for i in UserFile.objects.filter(job=new_job)])
-        # Django 1.6 has a bug where they are reusing pk numbers
-        if version.DJANGO_VERSION >= version.DJ17:
-            self.assertNotEqual(old_output, new_output)
+        self.assertNotEqual(old_output, new_output)
         self.assertEqual(len(old_output), len(new_output))
         # check the old entries are gone
-        if version.DJANGO_VERSION >= version.DJ17:
-            # Django 1.6 has a bug where they are reusing pk numbers, so once again we cannot use this check
-            self.assertEqual([], list(UserFile.objects.filter(pk__in=old_output)))
+        self.assertEqual([], list(UserFile.objects.filter(pk__in=old_output)))
 
         file_previews = utils.get_file_previews(job)
         for group, files in file_previews.items():
diff --git a/wooey/views/authentication.py b/wooey/views/authentication.py
index d565fa80..0b7e7c2c 100644
--- a/wooey/views/authentication.py
+++ b/wooey/views/authentication.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from django.views.generic import CreateView
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate, get_user_model
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.forms.models import modelform_factory
-from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate, get_user_model
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.views.generic import CreateView
 
 from .. import settings as wooey_settings
-from ..django_compat import JsonResponse
 
 
 class WooeyRegister(CreateView):
diff --git a/wooey/views/favorite.py b/wooey/views/favorite.py
index 439184f6..4f9fe793 100644
--- a/wooey/views/favorite.py
+++ b/wooey/views/favorite.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-from django.views.generic import DetailView, TemplateView
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponseBadRequest
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
-from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-
-from ..django_compat import JsonResponse
-
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.http import (
+    HttpResponseForbidden,
+    HttpResponseNotFound,
+    HttpResponseBadRequest,
+    JsonResponse,
+)
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 
 from ..models import Favorite
 
diff --git a/wooey/views/views.py b/wooey/views/views.py
index ec2d8ef6..f7567f16 100644
--- a/wooey/views/views.py
+++ b/wooey/views/views.py
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 from collections import defaultdict
-import datetime as dt
 
-from django.views.generic import DetailView, TemplateView, View
-from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.forms import FileField
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.template import RequestContext
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.http import Http404
-
-from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, TemplateView, View
 
 from ..backend import utils
 from ..models import WooeyJob, Script, UserFile, Favorite, ScriptVersion
 from .. import settings as wooey_settings
-from ..django_compat import JsonResponse
 
 
 class WooeyScriptBase(DetailView):
diff --git a/wooey/views/wooey_celery.py b/wooey/views/wooey_celery.py
index a82f1e91..5ef55507 100644
--- a/wooey/views/wooey_celery.py
+++ b/wooey/views/wooey_celery.py
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import six
 
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.views.generic import DetailView, TemplateView
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
-from django.template.defaultfilters import escape
-
 from celery import app, states
-
-celery_app = app.app_or_default()
-
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.template.defaultfilters import escape
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView
 
 from ..models import WooeyJob, UserFile, Favorite
 from .. import settings as wooey_settings
 from ..backend.utils import valid_user, get_file_previews
-from ..django_compat import JsonResponse
-from django.db.models import Q
-from django.views.generic import ListView
-from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+
+celery_app = app.app_or_default()
 
 SPANBASE = "<span title='{}' class='glyphicon {}'></span> "
 MAXIMUM_JOBS_NAVBAR = 10