diff --git a/dynamicweb/settings/base.py b/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
index e31cbef3..ab2d6763 100644
--- a/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
+++ b/dynamicweb/settings/base.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'easy_thumbnails',
     'utils',
     'stored_messages',
-    'mailer',
     'mptt',
     'parler',
     'taggit',
diff --git a/dynamicweb/settings/prod.py b/dynamicweb/settings/prod.py
index 36d625c6..0d77d1ab 100644
--- a/dynamicweb/settings/prod.py
+++ b/dynamicweb/settings/prod.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ADMINS = (
 )
 #    ('Sanghee Kim', 'sanghee.kim@ungleich.ch'),
 
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "mailer.backend.DbBackend"
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 
 #MANAGERS = ADMINS