2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py b/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py
index bb856a1241..b2eeeebb1e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib.admin.options import ModelAdmin, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL
 from django.contrib.admin.options import StackedInline, TabularInline
 from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite, site
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
 # A flag to tell us if autodiscover is running.  autodiscover will set this to
 # True while running, and False when it finishes.
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def autodiscover():
         # fails silently -- apps that do weird things with __path__ might
         # need to roll their own admin registration.
         try:
-            app_path = __import__(app, {}, {}, [app.split('.')[-1]]).__path__
+            app_path = import_module(app).__path__
         except AttributeError:
             continue
 
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ def autodiscover():
 
         # Step 3: import the app's admin file. If this has errors we want them
         # to bubble up.
-        __import__("%s.admin" % app)
+        import_module("%s.admin" % app)
     # autodiscover was successful, reset loading flag.
     LOADING = False
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/template.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/template.py
index de9320bfc2..e1f64957c6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/template.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/template.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.template import loader
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ def template_validator(request):
     # get a dict of {site_id : settings_module} for the validator
     settings_modules = {}
     for mod in settings.ADMIN_FOR:
-        settings_module = __import__(mod, {}, {}, [''])
+        settings_module = import_module(mod)
         settings_modules[settings_module.SITE_ID] = settings_module
     site_list = Site.objects.in_bulk(settings_modules.keys()).values()
     if request.POST: