diff --git a/mayan/settings/base.py b/mayan/settings/base.py
index d42b0c9682..1ba427270c 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/base.py
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.sites',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     # 3rd party
-    'djcelery',
     'compressor',
     'corsheaders',
     'filetransfers',
-    'kombu.transport.django',
     'mptt',
     'rest_framework',
     'rest_framework.authtoken',
@@ -260,9 +258,8 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     )
 }
 # ----------- Celery ----------
-BROKER_URL = 'django://'
-CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'djcelery.backends.database:DatabaseBackend'
 CELERY_TIMEZONE = 'UTC'
 CELERY_ENABLE_UTC = True
+CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
 #------------ CORS ------------
 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
diff --git a/requirements/common.txt b/requirements/common.txt
index bebc8b4dfd..b048511049 100644
--- a/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/requirements/common.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ celery==3.1.15
 cssmin==0.2.0
 
 Django==1.6.7
-django-celery==3.1.16
 django-filetransfers==0.1.0
 django-pagination==1.0.7
 django-compressor==1.4