diff --git a/scripts/setup/restore-backup b/scripts/setup/restore-backup
index c2c66d7dfe..ada0357a6c 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/restore-backup
+++ b/scripts/setup/restore-backup
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def restore_backup(tarball_file):
 
     # First, we unpack the /etc/zulip configuration, so we know how
     # this server is supposed to be configured (and can import
-    # /etc/zulip/settings.py via `from zproject import settings`,
+    # /etc/zulip/settings.py via `from django.conf import settings`,
     # next).  Ignore errors if zulip-backup/settings is not present
     # (E.g. because this is a development backup).
     tarball_file.seek(0, 0)
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def restore_backup(tarball_file):
         stdin=tarball_file,
     )
 
-    from zproject import settings
+    os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "zproject.settings"
+    from django.conf import settings
 
     paths = [
         ("settings", "/etc/zulip"),
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_docs.py b/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
index 5de2d8da2f..1819fd0e25 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import ujson
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
-from zproject.settings import DEPLOY_ROOT
 from zerver.lib.integrations import INTEGRATIONS
 from zerver.lib.storage import static_path
 from zerver.lib.test_classes import ZulipTestCase
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class HelpTest(ZulipTestCase):
 class IntegrationTest(TestCase):
     def test_check_if_every_integration_has_logo_that_exists(self) -> None:
         for integration in INTEGRATIONS.values():
-            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(DEPLOY_ROOT + integration.logo_url), integration.name)
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(settings.DEPLOY_ROOT + integration.logo_url), integration.name)
 
     def test_api_url_view_subdomains_base(self) -> None:
         context = dict()  # type: Dict[str, Any]