diff --git a/compressor/cache.py b/compressor/cache.py
index 9daad4484..926f5f8e7 100644
--- a/compressor/cache.py
+++ b/compressor/cache.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import time
+from hashlib import md5
 
 from django.core.cache import get_cache
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.utils import simplejson
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
-from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
 from compressor.conf import settings
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 def get_hexdigest(plaintext, length=None):
-    digest = md5_constructor(smart_str(plaintext)).hexdigest()
+    digest = md5(smart_str(plaintext)).hexdigest()
     if length:
         return digest[:length]
     return digest