diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/managers.py b/mayan/apps/documents/managers.py
index 481b4d5d10..97f23b8614 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/managers.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/managers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 
+from django.apps import apps
 from django.db import models
 
 from .settings import setting_recent_count
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class RecentDocumentManager(models.Manager):
                 recent_to_delete.delete()
 
     def get_for_user(self, user):
-        document_model = models.get_model('documents', 'document')
+        document_model = apps.get_model('documents', 'document')
 
         if user.is_authenticated():
             return document_model.objects.filter(recentdocument__user=user).order_by('-recentdocument__datetime_accessed')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/classes.py b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/classes.py
index e6c62fb61b..4922ed4e1e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/dynamic_search/classes.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import datetime
 import logging
 import re
 
+from django.apps import apps
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django.db.models.loading import get_model
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 from acls.models import AccessControlList
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class SearchModel(object):
         search_dict = {}
 
         if not self.model:
-            self.model = get_model(self.app_label, self.model_name)
+            self.model = apps.get_model(self.app_label, self.model_name)
             if not self.label:
                 self.label = self.model._meta.verbose_name
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/classes.py b/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
index 47fa8d5340..c61a4f4249 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.db import models
+from django.apps import apps
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from actstream import action
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Event(object):
         self.__class__._labels[name] = label
 
     def commit(self, actor=None, action_object=None, target=None):
-        model = models.get_model('events', 'EventType')
+        model = apps.get_model('events', 'EventType')
 
         if not self.event_type:
             self.event_type, created = model.objects.get_or_create(name=self.name)