diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 74494e9d..82102590 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jsonschema
 django~=3.2
 django-admin-index
 django-axes
-django-choices
 django-redis
 django-rosetta
 maykin-django-two-factor-auth
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 22696aa3..52579bad 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ django-admin-index==3.1.0
 django-axes==5.41.1
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 django-choices==2.0.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/base.in
-    #   vng-api-common
+    # via vng-api-common
 django-filter==2.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
diff --git a/src/objects/api/constants.py b/src/objects/api/constants.py
index 25a0e5a5..0765673b 100644
--- a/src/objects/api/constants.py
+++ b/src/objects/api/constants.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
+from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-from djchoices import ChoiceItem, DjangoChoices
 
-
-class Operators(DjangoChoices):
-    exact = ChoiceItem("exact", _("equal to"))
-    gt = ChoiceItem("gt", _("greater than"))
-    gte = ChoiceItem("gte", _("greater than or equal to"))
-    lt = ChoiceItem("lt", _("lower than"))
-    lte = ChoiceItem("lte", _("lower than or equal to"))
-    icontains = ChoiceItem("icontains", _("case-insensitive partial match"))
+class Operators(models.TextChoices):
+    exact = "exact", _("equal to")
+    gt = "gt", _("greater than")
+    gte = "gte", _("greater than or equal to")
+    lt = "lt", _("lower than")
+    lte = "lte", _("lower than or equal to")
+    icontains = "icontains", _("case-insensitive partial match")
diff --git a/src/objects/api/utils.py b/src/objects/api/utils.py
index 3b5330e4..40385aff 100644
--- a/src/objects/api/utils.py
+++ b/src/objects/api/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 from typing import Union
 
-from djchoices import DjangoChoices
+from django.db import models
 
 from objects.typing import JSONValue
 
@@ -33,15 +33,11 @@ def is_number(value: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-def display_choice_values_for_help_text(choices: DjangoChoices) -> str:
+def display_choice_values_for_help_text(Choices: type[models.TextChoices]) -> str:
     items = []
 
-    for key, value in choices.choices:
-        description = getattr(choices.get_choice(key), "description", None)
-        if description:
-            item = f"* `{key}` - ({value}) {description}"
-        else:
-            item = f"* `{key}` - {value}"
+    for key, value in Choices.choices:
+        item = f"* `{key}` - {value}"
         items.append(item)
 
     return "\n".join(items)
diff --git a/src/objects/token/constants.py b/src/objects/token/constants.py
index bc583bee..10d0a1cc 100644
--- a/src/objects/token/constants.py
+++ b/src/objects/token/constants.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-from djchoices import ChoiceItem, DjangoChoices
 
-
-class PermissionModes(DjangoChoices):
-    read_only = ChoiceItem("read_only", _("Read-only"))
-    read_and_write = ChoiceItem("read_and_write", _("Read and write"))
+class PermissionModes(models.TextChoices):
+    read_only = "read_only", _("Read-only")
+    read_and_write = "read_and_write", _("Read and write")