Removed custom StringIO, force_text, smart_text compat

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
index 4d6bb3a3..adc83e57 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Helper classes for parsers.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils import six, timezone
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from rest_framework.compat import force_text, OrderedDict
+from rest_framework.compat import OrderedDict
 import datetime
 import decimal
 import types
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/representation.py b/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
index 2a7c4675..3f17a8b9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/representation.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Helper functions for creating user-friendly representations
 of serializer classes and serializer fields.
 """
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from rest_framework.compat import force_text
 import re