diff --git a/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py b/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py
index 25ea2f3ca6..d9766f62b1 100644
--- a/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py
+++ b/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py
@@ -106,34 +106,31 @@ class Signal(object):
                 assert argspec[2] is not None, \
                     "Signal receivers must accept keyword arguments (**kwargs)."
 
-        receiver_id = _make_id(receiver)
         if dispatch_uid:
             lookup_key = (dispatch_uid, _make_id(sender))
         else:
-            lookup_key = (receiver_id, _make_id(sender))
+            lookup_key = (_make_id(receiver), _make_id(sender))
 
         if weak:
             ref = weakref.ref
-            original_receiver = receiver
+            receiver_object = receiver
             # Check for bound methods
             if hasattr(receiver, '__self__') and hasattr(receiver, '__func__'):
                 ref = WeakMethod
-                original_receiver = original_receiver.__self__
+                receiver_object = receiver.__self__
             if sys.version_info >= (3, 4):
                 receiver = ref(receiver)
-                weakref.finalize(original_receiver, self._remove_receiver, receiver_id=receiver_id)
+                weakref.finalize(receiver_object, self._remove_receiver)
             else:
                 receiver = ref(receiver, self._remove_receiver)
-                # Use the id of the weakref, since that's what passed to the weakref callback!
-                receiver_id = _make_id(receiver)
 
         with self.lock:
             self._clear_dead_receivers()
-            for r_key, _, _ in self.receivers:
+            for r_key, _ in self.receivers:
                 if r_key == lookup_key:
                     break
             else:
-                self.receivers.append((lookup_key, receiver, receiver_id))
+                self.receivers.append((lookup_key, receiver))
             self.sender_receivers_cache.clear()
 
     def disconnect(self, receiver=None, sender=None, weak=True, dispatch_uid=None):
@@ -166,7 +163,7 @@ class Signal(object):
         with self.lock:
             self._clear_dead_receivers()
             for index in xrange(len(self.receivers)):
-                (r_key, _, _) = self.receivers[index]
+                (r_key, _) = self.receivers[index]
                 if r_key == lookup_key:
                     del self.receivers[index]
                     break
@@ -270,7 +267,7 @@ class Signal(object):
                 self._clear_dead_receivers()
                 senderkey = _make_id(sender)
                 receivers = []
-                for (receiverkey, r_senderkey), receiver, _ in self.receivers:
+                for (receiverkey, r_senderkey), receiver in self.receivers:
                     if r_senderkey == NONE_ID or r_senderkey == senderkey:
                         receivers.append(receiver)
                 if self.use_caching:
@@ -290,7 +287,7 @@ class Signal(object):
                 non_weak_receivers.append(receiver)
         return non_weak_receivers
 
-    def _remove_receiver(self, receiver=None, receiver_id=None, _make_id=_make_id):
+    def _remove_receiver(self, receiver=None):
         # Mark that the self.receivers list has dead weakrefs. If so, we will
         # clean those up in connect, disconnect and _live_receivers while
         # holding self.lock. Note that doing the cleanup here isn't a good