diff --git a/greg/models.py b/greg/models.py
index 86a539e076af624797e25ec9db929aaa5a617719..7fdf052d2e868d34b4b3dd65da69f4822ccde0fe 100644
--- a/greg/models.py
+++ b/greg/models.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ from dirtyfields import DirtyFieldsMixin
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import Lookup
 from django.db.models.fields import Field
-
-from greg.utils import utcnow
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 
 @Field.register_lookup
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ class Person(BaseModel):
         return (
             self.identities.filter(
                 verified_at__isnull=False,
-                verified_at__lte=utcnow(),
+                verified_at__lte=timezone.now(),
             ).count()
             >= 1
         )
diff --git a/greg/tests/models/test_person.py b/greg/tests/models/test_person.py
index 2a2891fceefe9a1c2877e3796eee5b95e3d81791..e193a9b4276e41cb4a23335c0a0496ef8960e2b8 100644
--- a/greg/tests/models/test_person.py
+++ b/greg/tests/models/test_person.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 from functools import partial
 
 import pytest
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 from greg.models import (
     OrganizationalUnit,
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ from greg.models import (
     RoleType,
     Sponsor,
 )
-from greg.utils import utcnow
 
 role_with = partial(
     Role.objects.create,
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ role_with = partial(
     available_in_search=True,
 )
 
-_a_year_ago = utcnow() - timedelta(days=365)
-_a_year_into_future = utcnow() + timedelta(days=365)
+_a_year_ago = timezone.now() - timedelta(days=365)
+_a_year_into_future = timezone.now() + timedelta(days=365)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/greg/utils.py b/greg/utils.py
index 5a57818d629945a230a655382dc8cc85466de86f..8fd90ff1d89d8b025c1693dc07b94b0f2ed9273c 100644
--- a/greg/utils.py
+++ b/greg/utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import datetime
 import re
 
 
 def camel_to_snake(s: str) -> str:
     """Turns `FooBar` into `foo_bar`."""
     return re.sub("([A-Z])", "_\\1", s).lower().lstrip("_")
-
-
-def utcnow() -> datetime.datetime:
-    """The current date and time with the timezone set to UTC."""
-    return datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)