Use compat import of urlpatterns

rest_framework/runtests/urls.py

 """
 Blank URLConf just to keep runtests.py happy.
 """
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from rest_framework.compat import patterns
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
 )

rest_framework/tests/modelviews.py

-# from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+# from rest_framework.compat import patterns, url
 # from django.forms import ModelForm
 # from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
 # from rest_framework.resources import ModelResource

rest_framework/urlpatterns.py

-from django.conf.urls.defaults import url
+from rest_framework.compat import url
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings