diff --git a/django_2_2_pymysql_patch.py b/django_2_2_pymysql_patch.py
deleted file mode 100644
index db94d4772..000000000
--- a/django_2_2_pymysql_patch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import django
-from django.utils.encoding import force_str
-
-if (2, 2) <= django.VERSION < (3,):
-    # Django 2.2.x is incompatible with PyMySQL.
-    # This monkey patch backports the Django 3.0+ code.
-
-    from django.db.backends.mysql.operations import DatabaseOperations
-
-    def last_executed_query(self, cursor, sql, params):
-        # With MySQLdb, cursor objects have an (undocumented) "_executed"
-        # attribute where the exact query sent to the database is saved.
-        # See MySQLdb/cursors.py in the source distribution.
-        # MySQLdb returns string, PyMySQL bytes.
-        return force_str(getattr(cursor, '_executed', None), errors='replace')
-
-    DatabaseOperations.last_executed_query = last_executed_query
diff --git a/dmoj/wsgi_async.py b/dmoj/wsgi_async.py
index b62d3531a..ec114d1fd 100644
--- a/dmoj/wsgi_async.py
+++ b/dmoj/wsgi_async.py
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@ gevent.monkey.patch_all()
 import dmoj_install_pymysql  # noqa: E402, F401, I100, I202, imported for side effect
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # noqa: E402, I100, I202, django must be imported here
-# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-import django_2_2_pymysql_patch  # noqa: E402, I100, F401, I202, imported for side effect
 application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/dmoj_bridge_async.py b/dmoj_bridge_async.py
index dee411242..376f8cf8d 100644
--- a/dmoj_bridge_async.py
+++ b/dmoj_bridge_async.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import dmoj_install_pymysql  # noqa: E402, F401, I100, I202, imported for side e
 import django  # noqa: E402, F401, I100, I202, django must be imported here
 django.setup()
 
-# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-import django_2_2_pymysql_patch  # noqa: E402, I100, F401, I202, imported for side effect
-
 from judge.bridge.daemon import judge_daemon  # noqa: E402, I100, I202, django code must be imported here
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/dmoj_celery.py b/dmoj_celery.py
index d25a7452a..3f9701f17 100644
--- a/dmoj_celery.py
+++ b/dmoj_celery.py
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@ except ImportError:
 # set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'dmoj.settings')
 
-# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-import django_2_2_pymysql_patch  # noqa: E402, I100, F401, I202, imported for side effect
-
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
 from dmoj.celery import app  # noqa: E402, F401, imported for side effect
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 73945155a..adaffbd99 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -11,7 +11,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'dmoj.settings')
 
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
-    # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-    import django_2_2_pymysql_patch  # noqa: F401, imported for side effect
-
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)