diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 735372b61..437a3ea23 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'utilities.api.TokenAuthentication',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
-        'rest_framework.filters.DjangoFilterBackend',
+        'django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'utilities.api.OptionalLimitOffsetPagination',
     'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/api.py b/netbox/utilities/api.py
index 3698bc47c..584b00fc3 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/api.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/api.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 from rest_framework import authentication, exceptions
-from rest_framework.compat import is_authenticated
 from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException
 from rest_framework.pagination import LimitOffsetPagination
 from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission, DjangoModelPermissions, SAFE_METHODS
 from rest_framework.renderers import BrowsableAPIRenderer
 from rest_framework.serializers import Field, ModelSerializer, ValidationError
-from rest_framework.views import get_view_name as drf_get_view_name
+from rest_framework.utils import formatting
 
 from users.models import Token
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ class IsAuthenticatedOrLoginNotRequired(BasePermission):
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
         if not settings.LOGIN_REQUIRED:
             return True
-        return request.user and is_authenticated(request.user)
+        return request.user.is_authenticated()
 
 
 #
@@ -228,10 +227,18 @@ def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
     Derive the view name from its associated model, if it has one. Fall back to DRF's built-in `get_view_name`.
     """
     if hasattr(view_cls, 'queryset'):
+        # Determine the model name from the queryset.
         name = view_cls.queryset.model._meta.verbose_name
         name = ' '.join([w[0].upper() + w[1:] for w in name.split()])  # Capitalize each word
-        if suffix:
-            name = "{} {}".format(name, suffix)
-        return name
 
-    return drf_get_view_name(view_cls, suffix)
+    else:
+        # Replicate DRF's built-in behavior.
+        name = view_cls.__name__
+        name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'View')
+        name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'ViewSet')
+        name = formatting.camelcase_to_spaces(name)
+
+    if suffix:
+        name += ' ' + suffix
+
+    return name