diff --git a/kafka/client.py b/kafka/client.py
index 2725223..9d23568 100644
--- a/kafka/client.py
+++ b/kafka/client.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
-from cStringIO import StringIO
 import logging
-import gzip
-import select
 import socket
 import struct
 import zlib