diff --git a/django/utils/importlib.py b/django/utils/importlib.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f05638e2e8..0000000000
--- a/django/utils/importlib.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Taken from Python 2.7 with permission from/by the original author.
-import warnings
-import sys
-
-from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
-
-
-warnings.warn("django.utils.importlib will be removed in Django 1.9.",
-    RemovedInDjango19Warning, stacklevel=2)
-
-
-def _resolve_name(name, package, level):
-    """Return the absolute name of the module to be imported."""
-    if not hasattr(package, 'rindex'):
-        raise ValueError("'package' not set to a string")
-    dot = len(package)
-    for x in range(level, 1, -1):
-        try:
-            dot = package.rindex('.', 0, dot)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise ValueError("attempted relative import beyond top-level package")
-    return "%s.%s" % (package[:dot], name)
-
-
-if six.PY3:
-    from importlib import import_module
-else:
-    def import_module(name, package=None):
-        """Import a module.
-
-        The 'package' argument is required when performing a relative import. It
-        specifies the package to use as the anchor point from which to resolve the
-        relative import to an absolute import.
-
-        """
-        if name.startswith('.'):
-            if not package:
-                raise TypeError("relative imports require the 'package' argument")
-            level = 0
-            for character in name:
-                if character != '.':
-                    break
-                level += 1
-            name = _resolve_name(name[level:], package, level)
-        __import__(name)
-        return sys.modules[name]
diff --git a/tests/.coveragerc b/tests/.coveragerc
index 7e04971236..f32b4d6726 100644
--- a/tests/.coveragerc
+++ b/tests/.coveragerc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [run]
-omit = */django/contrib/*/tests*,*/django/utils/unittest*,*/django/utils/importlib.py,*/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py,*/django/utils/autoreload.py
+omit = */django/contrib/*/tests*,*/django/utils/unittest*,*/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py,*/django/utils/autoreload.py
 
 [report]
 ignore_errors = True