diff --git a/contact/forms.py b/contact/forms.py
index b68211608c..637a068ebd 100644
--- a/contact/forms.py
+++ b/contact/forms.py
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django_contact_form.forms import ContactForm
+from django_contact_form.forms import (  # Use AkismetContactForm instead of ContactForm
+    AkismetContactForm,
+)
 from django_recaptcha.fields import ReCaptchaField
 from django_recaptcha.widgets import ReCaptchaV3
-from pykismet3 import Akismet, AkismetServerError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class BaseContactForm(ContactForm):
+class BaseContactForm(AkismetContactForm):  # Inherit from AkismetContactForm
     message_subject = forms.CharField(
         max_length=100,
         widget=forms.TextInput(
@@ -43,40 +44,7 @@ def subject(self):
     def message(self):
         return "From: {name} <{email}>\n\n{body}".format(**self.cleaned_data)
 
-    def clean_body(self):
-        """
-        Check spam against Akismet.
-
-        Backported from django-contact-form pre-1.0; 1.0 dropped built-in
-        Akismet support.
-        """
-        if "body" in self.cleaned_data and getattr(settings, "AKISMET_API_KEY", None):
-            try:
-                akismet_api = Akismet(
-                    api_key=settings.AKISMET_API_KEY,
-                    blog_url="http://%s/" % Site.objects.get_current().domain,
-                    user_agent="Django {}.{}.{}".format(*django.VERSION),
-                )
-
-                akismet_data = {
-                    "user_ip": self.request.META.get("REMOTE_ADDR", ""),
-                    "user_agent": self.request.headers.get("user-agent", ""),
-                    "referrer": self.request.headers.get("referer", ""),
-                    "comment_content": force_bytes(self.cleaned_data["body"]),
-                    "comment_author": self.cleaned_data.get("name", ""),
-                    "comment_author_email": self.cleaned_data.get("email", ""),
-                    "comment_type": "contact-form",
-                }
-                if getattr(settings, "AKISMET_TESTING", None):
-                    # Adding test argument to the request in order to
-                    # tell akismet that they should ignore the request
-                    # so that test runs affect the heuristics
-                    akismet_data["test"] = 1
-                if akismet_api.check(akismet_data):
-                    raise forms.ValidationError("Akismet thinks this message is spam")
-            except AkismetServerError:
-                logger.error("Akismet server error")
-        return self.cleaned_data["body"]
+    # Remove the custom clean_body() method. The spam check is now handled by AkismetContactForm
 
 
 class FoundationContactForm(BaseContactForm):