Drop usage of SortedDict. Closes #2027.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/metadata.py b/rest_framework/metadata.py
index af4bc396..b08d3ab6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/metadata.py
+++ b/rest_framework/metadata.py
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http import Http404
-from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
-from rest_framework.compat import force_text
+from rest_framework.compat import force_text, OrderedDict
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
 from rest_framework.utils.field_mapping import ClassLookupDict
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class SimpleMetadata(BaseMetadata):
     })
 
     def determine_metadata(self, request, view):
-        metadata = SortedDict()
+        metadata = OrderedDict()
         metadata['name'] = view.get_view_name()
         metadata['description'] = view.get_view_description()
         metadata['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in view.renderer_classes]
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ class SimpleMetadata(BaseMetadata):
         Given an instance of a serializer, return a dictionary of metadata
         about its fields.
         """
-        return SortedDict([
+        return OrderedDict([
             (field_name, self.get_field_info(field))
             for field_name, field in serializer.fields.items()
         ])
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ class SimpleMetadata(BaseMetadata):
         Given an instance of a serializer field, return a dictionary
         of metadata about it.
         """
-        field_info = SortedDict()
+        field_info = OrderedDict()
         field_info['type'] = self.label_lookup[field]
         field_info['required'] = getattr(field, 'required', False)