diff --git a/freetextresponse/views.py b/freetextresponse/views.py
index 4208f9df..cb787887 100644
--- a/freetextresponse/views.py
+++ b/freetextresponse/views.py
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 from six import text_type
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from xblock.validation import ValidationMessage
-from xblockutils.resources import ResourceLoader
-from xblockutils.studio_editable import StudioEditableXBlockMixin
+try:
+    from xblock.utils.resources import ResourceLoader
+    from xblock.utils.studio_editable import StudioEditableXBlockMixin
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # For backward compatibility with releases older than Quince.
+    from xblockutils.resources import ResourceLoader
+    from xblockutils.studio_editable import StudioEditableXBlockMixin
 
 from .mixins.dates import EnforceDueDates
 from .mixins.fragment import XBlockFragmentBuilderMixin
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 9eaf47dc..e159db75 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
 Django
 six
 XBlock
-xblock-utils
diff --git a/requirements/test.in b/requirements/test.in
index ed14574f..3f2c3821 100644
--- a/requirements/test.in
+++ b/requirements/test.in
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ edx-opaque-keys
 lazy
 mock
 xblock-sdk
-xblock-utils