diff --git a/django/views/defaults.py b/django/views/defaults.py
index 953cad9122..107d6f4fb1 100644
--- a/django/views/defaults.py
+++ b/django/views/defaults.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def shortcut(request, content_type_id, object_id):
     "Redirect to an object's page based on a content-type ID and an object ID."
     # Look up the object, making sure it's got a get_absolute_url() function.
     try:
-        content_type = ContentType.objects.get_object(pk=content_type_id)
+        content_type = ContentType.objects.get(pk=content_type_id)
         obj = content_type.get_object_for_this_type(pk=object_id)
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         raise http.Http404, "Content type %s object %s doesn't exist" % (content_type_id, object_id)
diff --git a/django/views/generic/create_update.py b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
index f1baa96bb9..2d260c5cf7 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/create_update.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def delete_object(request, model, post_delete_redirect,
         raise AttributeError("Generic delete view must be called with either an object_id or a slug/slug_field")
     lookup_kwargs.update(extra_lookup_kwargs)
     try:
-        object = model._default_manager.get_object(**lookup_kwargs)
+        object = model._default_manager.get(**lookup_kwargs)
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         raise Http404, "No %s found for %s" % (model._meta.app_label, lookup_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/django/views/registration/passwords.py b/django/views/registration/passwords.py
index 6379000587..9f65a3518d 100644
--- a/django/views/registration/passwords.py
+++ b/django/views/registration/passwords.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class PasswordResetForm(forms.Manipulator):
     def isValidUserEmail(self, new_data, all_data):
         "Validates that a user exists with the given e-mail address"
         try:
-            self.user_cache = User.objects.get_object(email__iexact=new_data)
+            self.user_cache = User.objects.get(email__iexact=new_data)
         except User.DoesNotExist:
             raise validators.ValidationError, "That e-mail address doesn't have an associated user acount. Are you sure you've registered?"