diff --git a/kallithea/__init__.py b/kallithea/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/__init__.py
@@ -64,10 +64,3 @@ __url__ = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/'
 
 is_windows = __platform__ in ['Windows']
 is_unix = not is_windows
-
-
-# Hack for making the celery dependency kombu==1.5.1 compatible with Python
-# 2.7.11 which has https://hg.python.org/releases/2.7.11/rev/24bdc4940e81
-import uuid
-if not hasattr(uuid, '_uuid_generate_random'):
-    uuid._uuid_generate_random = None