diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/urls.py b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/urls.py
index d4d11cb0eb0981ccfb7656d5aa0e85de71846edd..4b084f7bc02eace5a3c0856ab98519d7db065dee 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/urls.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/urls.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
+from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from conservancy.apps.blog.models import Entry, EntryTag # relative import
 from conservancy.apps.staff.models import Person
 from datetime import datetime
-from conservancy.apps.blog.views import last_name, BlogYearArchiveView, BlogMonthArchiveView, BlogDayArchiveView, BlogDateDetailView
+from conservancy.apps.blog.views import last_name, BlogYearArchiveView, BlogMonthArchiveView, BlogDayArchiveView, BlogDateDetailView, custom_index, query
 
 extra_context = {}
 
@@ -12,23 +12,14 @@ info_dict = {
     'extra_context': extra_context,
 }
 
-# urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.date_based',
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
-   # (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', 'object_detail', dict(info_dict, slug_field='slug')),
-   # (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', 'archive_day', info_dict),
-   # (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', 'archive_month', info_dict),
-   # (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', 'archive_year', dict(info_dict,
-   #                                              make_object_list=True)),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', BlogDateDetailView.as_view(**info_dict)),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', BlogDayArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', BlogMonthArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', BlogYearArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
-)
-
-urlpatterns += patterns('conservancy.apps.blog.views',
-                        (r'^/?$', 'custom_index', dict(info_dict, paginate_by=4)),
-   (r'^query/$', 'query'),
-)
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', BlogDateDetailView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+    url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', BlogDayArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+    url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', BlogMonthArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+    url(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', BlogYearArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+    url(r'^/?$', custom_index, dict(info_dict, paginate_by=4)),
+    url(r'^query/$', query),
+]
 
 # Code to display authors and tags on each blog page