diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
index 92ff64dee7..807cff68d7 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
@@ -2,24 +2,16 @@
 This module contains useful utilities for GeoDjango.
 """
 
+from django.contrib.gis.utils.layermapping import LayerMapError, LayerMapping
 from django.contrib.gis.utils.ogrinfo import ogrinfo
 from django.contrib.gis.utils.ogrinspect import mapping, ogrinspect
 from django.contrib.gis.utils.srs import add_srs_entry
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 __all__ = [
     "add_srs_entry",
     "mapping",
     "ogrinfo",
     "ogrinspect",
+    "LayerMapError",
+    "LayerMapping",
 ]
-
-try:
-    # LayerMapping requires DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to be set,
-    # and ImproperlyConfigured is raised if that's not the case.
-    from django.contrib.gis.utils.layermapping import LayerMapError, LayerMapping
-
-    __all__ += ["LayerMapError", "LayerMapping"]
-
-except ImproperlyConfigured:
-    pass