diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index be6b8c58c87807f1b143ccfc683aeaefb2a03dfa..58265094b62aedd3a54d35d5e812bb285b1fe0fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+Removed
+~~~~~~~
+
+* Remove fallback code from optional Celery as it's now non-optional.
+
 `2.1`_ - 2021-11-05
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/aleksis/core/__init__.py b/aleksis/core/__init__.py
index 79928246f83965c5c39479326114e3a7a89e27cb..66d1ef788b034aea3d1518bc009e5be0ca05b3f2 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/__init__.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 from importlib import metadata
 
-try:
-    from .celery import app as celery_app
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    # Celery is not available
-    celery_app = None
+from .celery import app as celery_app  # noqa
 
 try:
     __version__ = metadata.distribution("AlekSIS-Core").version