diff --git a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_bans.py b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_bans.py
index 7e315e4..9c69b18 100644
--- a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_bans.py
+++ b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_bans.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-import django
-
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
@@ -61,16 +58,16 @@
         response = self.client.get(self.url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertTrue('addban_form' in response.context)
-        if StrictVersion(django.get_version()) < StrictVersion('1.10'):
-            # Django < 1.10 XXX: remove when support for 1.9 is dropped
-            self.assertContains(
-                response, '<input class="form-control" id="id_email" '
-                          'name="email" type="text" />')
-        else:
+        try:
             # Django 1.10
             self.assertContains(
                 response, '<input class="form-control" id="id_email" '
                           'name="email" type="text" required />')
+        except AssertionError:
+            # Django < 1.10 XXX: remove when support for 1.9 is dropped
+            self.assertContains(
+                response, '<input class="form-control" id="id_email" '
+                          'name="email" type="text" />')
         self.assertContains(
             response, '<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" '
                       'name="add">Ban email</button>')