diff --git a/cms/celery.py b/cms/celery.py
index 6e1db257b314..3184dc656584 100644
--- a/cms/celery.py
+++ b/cms/celery.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import os
 
 from celery import Celery
-from django.conf import settings
 
 from openedx.core.lib.celery.routers import AlternateEnvironmentRouter
 
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 1c29f6d23f5e..96adfb0319c2 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -1213,13 +1213,6 @@
 
 ################################# CELERY ######################################
 
-# Auto discover tasks fails to detect contentstore tasks
-CELERY_IMPORTS = (
-    'cms.djangoapps.contentstore.tasks',
-    'openedx.core.djangoapps.bookmarks.tasks',
-    'openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.tasks',
-)
-
 # Message configuration
 
 CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
diff --git a/lms/celery.py b/lms/celery.py
index a8f0fce6e1ce..dd9a23a8cf8b 100644
--- a/lms/celery.py
+++ b/lms/celery.py
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 import os
 
 from celery import Celery
-from django.conf import settings
 
 from openedx.core.lib.celery.routers import AlternateEnvironmentRouter
 
 # set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'proj.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'lms.envs.production')
 
 APP = Celery('proj')
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index cf147b1876c7..d5a1f21dede0 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -2230,15 +2230,6 @@ def _make_locale_paths(settings):  # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
 
 ################################# CELERY ######################################
 
-# Celery's task autodiscovery won't find tasks nested in a tasks package.
-# Tasks are only registered when the module they are defined in is imported.
-CELERY_IMPORTS = (
-    'poll.tasks',
-    'lms.djangoapps.instructor_task.tasks',
-    'lms.djangoapps.bulk_email.tasks',
-    'openedx.core.djangoapps.bookmarks.tasks',
-)
-
 # Message configuration
 
 CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'