diff --git a/analytics/views.py b/analytics/views.py
index 937956a84d..af52993b07 100644
--- a/analytics/views.py
+++ b/analytics/views.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, \
 
 import pytz
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core import urlresolvers
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.db import connection
 from django.db.models import Sum
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
@@ -881,13 +881,13 @@ def format_date_for_activity_reports(date: Optional[datetime]) -> str:
 
 def user_activity_link(email: str) -> mark_safe:
     url_name = 'analytics.views.get_user_activity'
-    url = urlresolvers.reverse(url_name, kwargs=dict(email=email))
+    url = reverse(url_name, kwargs=dict(email=email))
     email_link = '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, email)
     return mark_safe(email_link)
 
 def realm_activity_link(realm_str: str) -> mark_safe:
     url_name = 'analytics.views.get_realm_activity'
-    url = urlresolvers.reverse(url_name, kwargs=dict(realm_str=realm_str))
+    url = reverse(url_name, kwargs=dict(realm_str=realm_str))
     realm_link = '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, realm_str)
     return mark_safe(realm_link)
 
diff --git a/zerver/forms.py b/zerver/forms.py
index 378e668f5b..9877daf8d8 100644
--- a/zerver/forms.py
+++ b/zerver/forms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import SetPasswordForm, AuthenticationForm, \
     PasswordResetForm
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.core.validators import validate_email
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
diff --git a/zerver/lib/integrations.py b/zerver/lib/integrations.py
index e304eb360a..600f50eb18 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/integrations.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/integrations.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import pathlib
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, TypeVar, Any, Text
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import url
-from django.core.urlresolvers import LocaleRegexProvider
+from django.urls.resolvers import LocaleRegexProvider
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
index e11c271bc0..bbc518cfb0 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import (cast, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional,
                     Sized, Tuple, Union, Text)
 
-from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from django.urls import resolve
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.client import (
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
index 6b04caa240..dee26ffedd 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import (
 )
 
 from django.core import signing
-from django.core.urlresolvers import LocaleRegexURLResolver
+from django.urls.resolvers import LocaleRegexURLResolver
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.client import (
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
index d277741870..dfea35d1b5 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Text
 from builtins import object
 from oauth2client.crypt import AppIdentityError
 from django.core import signing
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 
 import jwt
 import mock
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_urls.py b/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
index bcc28f20f0..e8bdbc57b9 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import importlib
 import os
 import ujson
 
-import django.core.urlresolvers
+import django.urls.resolvers
 from django.test import TestCase, Client
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class PublicURLTest(ZulipTestCase):
             self.assertEqual('ABCD', data['google_client_id'])
 
 class URLResolutionTest(TestCase):
-    def get_callback_string(self, pattern: django.core.urlresolvers.RegexURLPattern) -> Optional[str]:
+    def get_callback_string(self, pattern: django.urls.resolvers.RegexURLPattern) -> Optional[str]:
         callback_str = hasattr(pattern, 'lookup_str') and 'lookup_str'
         callback_str = callback_str or '_callback_str'
         return getattr(pattern, callback_str, None)
diff --git a/zerver/tornado/handlers.py b/zerver/tornado/handlers.py
index ce1c684d94..1507f0540c 100644
--- a/zerver/tornado/handlers.py
+++ b/zerver/tornado/handlers.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional
 import tornado.web
 from django import http
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core import exceptions, signals, urlresolvers
+from django.core import exceptions, signals
+from django.urls import resolvers
 from django.core.exceptions import MiddlewareNotUsed
 from django.core.handlers import base
 from django.core.handlers.exception import convert_exception_to_response
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIRequest, get_script_name
-from django.core.urlresolvers import set_script_prefix
+from django.urls import set_script_prefix, set_urlconf
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from tornado.wsgi import WSGIContainer
@@ -189,8 +190,8 @@ class AsyncDjangoHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler, base.BaseHandler):
             try:
                 # Setup default url resolver for this thread.
                 urlconf = settings.ROOT_URLCONF
-                urlresolvers.set_urlconf(urlconf)
-                resolver = urlresolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlconf)
+                set_urlconf(urlconf)
+                resolver = resolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlconf)
 
                 response = None
 
@@ -203,8 +204,8 @@ class AsyncDjangoHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler, base.BaseHandler):
                 if hasattr(request, "urlconf"):
                     # Reset url resolver with a custom urlconf.
                     urlconf = request.urlconf
-                    urlresolvers.set_urlconf(urlconf)
-                    resolver = urlresolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlconf)
+                    set_urlconf(urlconf)
+                    resolver = resolvers.RegexURLResolver(r'^/', urlconf)
 
                 ### ADDED BY ZULIP
                 request._resolver = resolver
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ class AsyncDjangoHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler, base.BaseHandler):
                 return self.handle_uncaught_exception(request, resolver, exc_info)
         finally:
             # Reset urlconf on the way out for isolation
-            urlresolvers.set_urlconf(None)
+            set_urlconf(None)
 
         ### ZULIP CHANGE: The remainder of this function was moved
         ### into its own function, just below, so we can call it from
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ class AsyncDjangoHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler, base.BaseHandler):
 
     ### Copied from get_response (above in this file)
     def apply_response_middleware(self, request: HttpRequest, response: HttpResponse,
-                                  resolver: urlresolvers.RegexURLResolver) -> HttpResponse:
+                                  resolver: resolvers.RegexURLResolver) -> HttpResponse:
         try:
             # Apply response middleware, regardless of the response
             for middleware_method in self._response_middleware:
diff --git a/zerver/views/auth.py b/zerver/views/auth.py
index 458a59005a..cd44836520 100644
--- a/zerver/views/auth.py
+++ b/zerver/views/auth.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, get_backends
 from django.contrib.auth.views import login as django_login_page, \
     logout_then_login as django_logout_then_login
 from django.contrib.auth.views import password_reset as django_password_reset
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from zerver.decorator import authenticated_json_post_view, require_post, \
     process_client, do_login, log_view_func
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, \
diff --git a/zerver/views/home.py b/zerver/views/home.py
index 72be6d62ce..7b8ad4348b 100644
--- a/zerver/views/home.py
+++ b/zerver/views/home.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Dict, Optional, Text, Iterator
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse, HttpRequest
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.utils import translation
diff --git a/zerver/views/registration.py b/zerver/views/registration.py
index 7ccfcc87c7..6f29dfb0c6 100644
--- a/zerver/views/registration.py
+++ b/zerver/views/registration.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any, List, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Text
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, get_backends
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponse, HttpRequest
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.template import RequestContext, loader
diff --git a/zproject/jinja2/__init__.py b/zproject/jinja2/__init__.py
index 2106101223..df8244e28b 100644
--- a/zproject/jinja2/__init__.py
+++ b/zproject/jinja2/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify, pluralize
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import translation
 from jinja2 import Environment