diff --git a/swh/deposit/settings/common.py b/swh/deposit/settings/common.py
index ff2623e8..4df0c3be 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/settings/common.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/settings/common.py
@@ -1,121 +1,119 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 """
 Django settings for swh project.
 
 Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.10.7.
 
 For more information on this file, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/settings/
 
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/
 """
 
 import os
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']
 
 
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.postgres',     # for JSONField, ArrayField
     'swh.deposit.apps.DepositConfig',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
     'swh.deposit.auth.WrapBasicAuthenticationResponseMiddleware',
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'swh.deposit.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
         'DIRS': [],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
                 'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                 'django.template.context_processors.request',
                 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
             ],
         },
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'swh.deposit.wsgi.application'
-
 
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', # noqa
     },
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',           # noqa
     },
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',          # noqa
     },
     {
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',         # noqa
     },
 ]
 
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
 USE_L10N = True
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
     ),
 }
 
 FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS = [
     "django.core.files.uploadhandler.MemoryFileUploadHandler",
     "django.core.files.uploadhandler.TemporaryFileUploadHandler",
 ]
diff --git a/swh/deposit/wsgi.py b/swh/deposit/wsgi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d39bdfca..00000000
--- a/swh/deposit/wsgi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-"""
-WSGI config for swh.deposit project.
-
-It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
-
-For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/wsgi/
-"""
-
-from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
-
-application = get_wsgi_application()