diff --git a/pygit2/_utils.py b/pygit2/_utils.py
index 75a1938..a67cf89 100644
--- a/pygit2/_utils.py
+++ b/pygit2/_utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pygit2 at run-time.
 
 # Import from the Standard Library
 from binascii import crc32
-import inspect
 import codecs
 import os
 from os import getenv
diff --git a/pygit2/utils.py b/pygit2/utils.py
index 3bd548f..89bc7ee 100644
--- a/pygit2/utils.py
+++ b/pygit2/utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class StrArray(object):
         if not isinstance(l, list):
             raise TypeError("Value must be a list")
 
-        arr = ffi.new('git_strarray *')
         strings = [None] * len(l)
         for i in range(len(l)):
             if not is_string(l[i]):