diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/models.py b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/models.py
index 942e97a3a71f21e4e0777164587c03bf955ee1c6..88b5cbf36c7a4ec5aacc80e2e023d2c50ea4b52a 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/models.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/models.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class EntryTag(models.Model):
     label = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     slug = models.SlugField()
 
-    class Meta:
+    class Meta(object):
         db_table = 'techblog_entrytag' # legacy
 
     def __unicode__(self):
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Entry(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
     date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     date_last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 
-    class Meta:
+    class Meta(object):
         db_table = 'techblog_entries' # legacy
         verbose_name_plural = 'entries'
         ordering = ('-pub_date',)