diff --git a/close_pull_requests.py b/close_pull_requests.py
index 0355e90..64160ed 100755
--- a/close_pull_requests.py
+++ b/close_pull_requests.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 import github2.client
 import os
-import StringIO
 import ConfigParser
 import logging
 import re
diff --git a/expire_old_reviews.py b/expire_old_reviews.py
index 1ba936e..f9e908a 100644
--- a/expire_old_reviews.py
+++ b/expire_old_reviews.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # 1. if open and no activity in 2 weeks, expire
 # 2. if negative comment and no activity in 1 week, expire
 
-import os
 import paramiko
 import json
 import logging
diff --git a/fetch_remotes.py b/fetch_remotes.py
index 19df462..7948c74 100755
--- a/fetch_remotes.py
+++ b/fetch_remotes.py
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@
 # remote = https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
 
 import ConfigParser
-import StringIO
 import logging
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
-
+import shlex
 
 def run_command(cmd, status=False, env={}):
-    if VERBOSE:
-        print datetime.datetime.now(), "Running:", cmd
     cmd_list = shlex.split(str(cmd))
     newenv = os.environ
     newenv.update(env)
diff --git a/update_cla_group.py b/update_cla_group.py
index 91365a2..d418cf0 100755
--- a/update_cla_group.py
+++ b/update_cla_group.py
@@ -15,16 +15,10 @@
 
 # Add launchpad ids listed in the wiki CLA page to the CLA group in LP.
 
-import os
-import sys
-import uuid
 import os
 import urllib
 import re
 
-import StringIO
-import ConfigParser
-
 from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
 from launchpadlib.uris import LPNET_SERVICE_ROOT
 
diff --git a/update_gerrit_users.py b/update_gerrit_users.py
index 68ac448..15baaa9 100755
--- a/update_gerrit_users.py
+++ b/update_gerrit_users.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import fcntl
 import uuid
-import os
 import subprocess
 
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -42,6 +41,9 @@ from openid.cryptutil import randomString
 
 DEBUG = False
 
+# suppress pyflakes
+pkg_resources.get_supported_platform()
+
 pid_file = '/tmp/update_gerrit_users.pid'
 fp = open(pid_file, 'w')
 try:
diff --git a/update_users.py b/update_users.py
index 5ff654b..b40fbfd 100644
--- a/update_users.py
+++ b/update_users.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # 2. split out the two classes into separate files to be used as a library
 
 import os
+import sys
 import ConfigParser
 import StringIO
 import paramiko
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ class GerritAction(object):
       user_ssh_keys= ["%s %s %s" % ('ssh-%s' % key.keytype.lower(), key.keytext, key.comment) for key in user_data.sshkeys]
       user_email= None
       try:
-        email = user_data.preferred_email_address.email
+        user_email = user_data.preferred_email_address.email
       except ValueError:
         pass
       query= "insert into account_id (s) values (NULL)"