diff --git a/debian-files/smasch.py b/debian-files/smasch.py
index 5a860c1a694174471b8516fc7b2177c903ade16b..8e9b1e703bfd61f75999afc8892ad38c023d38c2 100644
--- a/debian-files/smasch.py
+++ b/debian-files/smasch.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ DEBUG = False
 # Should the static/media files be served by Django
 SERVE_STATIC = True
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'smash.wsgi.application'
-
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
diff --git a/local_settings_ci.py b/local_settings_ci.py
index 498971bd66253cec0e393dde57c6ba2a0828734e..09caeac730aabd6840304d79245cb666a577af6f 100644
--- a/local_settings_ci.py
+++ b/local_settings_ci.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'Paste long random string here'  # Insert long random string
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'smash.wsgi.application'
-
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 
diff --git a/local_settings_ci_sqlite.py b/local_settings_ci_sqlite.py
index 2e98aec13d400b12228ab10b4a8c6079527ee217..d0c7dda15d1a8023410e0b5d0d312118e3c90738 100644
--- a/local_settings_ci_sqlite.py
+++ b/local_settings_ci_sqlite.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'Paste long random string here'  # Insert long random string
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'smash.wsgi.application'
-
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 
diff --git a/smash/smash/local_settings.py.template b/smash/smash/local_settings.py.template
index dbbf01a34f1d159b043df629b989615a57674971..8fb9f31df0b5dd928cae43f4ff7529924a8254b9 100644
--- a/smash/smash/local_settings.py.template
+++ b/smash/smash/local_settings.py.template
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'Paste long random string here'  # Insert long random string
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'smash.wsgi.application'
-
 IMPORTER_USER = 'admin' #username
 
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
diff --git a/smash/smash/settings.py b/smash/smash/settings.py
index edaaa38ada3e74eb94a52f64e755b527497e5f30..15be4ea9c4cd68270d4226892658989016d80985 100644
--- a/smash/smash/settings.py
+++ b/smash/smash/settings.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ PROJECT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 DEBUG = True
 
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'smash.wsgi.application'
+
 SERVE_STATIC = False
 
 # Application definition