diff --git a/hobo/agent/authentic2/management/commands/hobo_deploy.py b/hobo/agent/authentic2/management/commands/hobo_deploy.py
index 6869dd1..03bb4f7 100644
--- a/hobo/agent/authentic2/management/commands/hobo_deploy.py
+++ b/hobo/agent/authentic2/management/commands/hobo_deploy.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import logging
 import os
 
 from authentic2 import app_settings
-from authentic2.compat import get_user_model
 from authentic2.compat_lasso import lasso
 from authentic2.models import Attribute
 from authentic2.saml.models import LibertyProvider, SPOptionsIdPPolicy, \
     SAMLAttribute, LibertyServiceProvider
 from authentic2.a2_rbac.utils import get_default_ou
 
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, activate
 from django.core import serializers
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from tenant_schemas.utils import tenant_context
 
 from hobo.agent.common.management.commands import hobo_deploy
 
+User = get_user_model()
+
 
 class Command(hobo_deploy.Command):
     help = 'Deploy multitenant authentic service from hobo'
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ class Command(hobo_deploy.Command):
                 user_dict['is_staff'] = True
                 user_dict['is_superuser'] = True
 
-                user, created = get_user_model().objects.get_or_create(
+                user, created = User.objects.get_or_create(
                     defaults=user_dict,
                     username=user_dict['username'])