diff --git a/django_celery_beat/admin.py b/django_celery_beat/admin.py
index fd022d70..05e61620 100644
--- a/django_celery_beat/admin.py
+++ b/django_celery_beat/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Periodic Task Admin interface."""
 from celery import current_app
-from celery.utils import cached_property
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ class TaskSelectWidget(Select):
     _choices = None
 
     def tasks_as_choices(self):
-        _ = self._modules
         tasks = list(sorted(name for name in self.celery_app.tasks
                             if not name.startswith('celery.')))
         return (('', ''), ) + tuple(zip(tasks, tasks))
@@ -40,10 +38,6 @@ def choices(self, _):
         # which would override ours.
         pass
 
-    @cached_property
-    def _modules(self):
-        self.celery_app.loader.import_default_modules()
-
 
 class TaskChoiceField(forms.ChoiceField):
     """Field that lets you choose between task names."""