diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 	python3 swh/web/manage.py runserver --nostatic --settings=swh.web.settings.production
 
 run-gunicorn-server: run-migrations clear-memcached
-	gunicorn3 -b 127.0.0.1:5004 swh.web.wsgi
+	DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=swh.web.settings.production \
+		gunicorn3 -b 127.0.0.1:5004 'django.core.wsgi:get_wsgi_application()'
 
 run-django-webpack-memory-storages: build-webpack-dev run-migrations
 	python3 swh/web/manage.py runserver --nostatic --settings=swh.web.settings.tests
diff --git a/docs/developers-info.rst b/docs/developers-info.rst
--- a/docs/developers-info.rst
+++ b/docs/developers-info.rst
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
     * :mod:`swh.web.manage`: Django management module for developers.
     * :mod:`swh.web.urls`: module that holds the whole URI scheme of all
       the web applications.
-    * :mod:`swh.web.wsgi`: WSGI module to use when deploying the web applications
-      in production.
     * :mod:`swh.web.settings.common`: Common Django settings
     * :mod:`swh.web.settings.development`: Django settings for development
     * :mod:`swh.web.settings.production`: Django settings for production
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/common.py b/swh/web/settings/common.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/common.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/common.py
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'swh.web.wsgi.application'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
diff --git a/swh/web/wsgi.py b/swh/web/wsgi.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/swh/web/wsgi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-import os
-
-from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
-
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "swh.web.settings.production")
-
-application = get_wsgi_application()