diff --git a/confirmation/views.py b/confirmation/views.py
index 9cf20d24b4..c61ed4ba60 100644
--- a/confirmation/views.py
+++ b/confirmation/views.py
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 __revision__ = '$Id: views.py 21 2008-12-05 09:21:03Z jarek.zgoda $'
 
 
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from confirmation.models import Confirmation
-
+from zephyr.lib.response import render_to_response
 
 def confirm(request, confirmation_key):
     confirmation_key = confirmation_key.lower()
diff --git a/zephyr/lib/response.py b/zephyr/lib/response.py
index 59ce47c13c..5bf887e7a2 100644
--- a/zephyr/lib/response.py
+++ b/zephyr/lib/response.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseNotAllowed
+import django.shortcuts
 import simplejson
 
 class HttpResponseUnauthorized(HttpResponse):
@@ -28,3 +29,6 @@ def json_success(data={}):
 
 def json_error(msg, data={}, status=400):
     return json_response(res_type="error", msg=msg, data=data, status=status)
+
+def render_to_response(template, *args, **kwargs):
+    return django.shortcuts.render_to_response(template, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/zephyr/views.py b/zephyr/views.py
index 691c08d6af..7642444fc4 100644
--- a/zephyr/views.py
+++ b/zephyr/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.template import RequestContext, loader
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ from zephyr.decorator import require_post, \
     authenticated_rest_api_view, process_as_post, REQ
 from zephyr.lib.query import last_n
 from zephyr.lib.avatar import gravatar_hash
-from zephyr.lib.response import json_success, json_error, json_response, json_method_not_allowed
+from zephyr.lib.response import json_success, json_error, json_response, json_method_not_allowed, \
+    render_to_response
 from zephyr.lib.timestamp import datetime_to_timestamp
 from zephyr.lib.cache import cache_with_key, cache_get_many, cache_set_many
 from zephyr.lib.unminify import SourceMap