diff --git a/plugins/automode.py b/plugins/automode.py
index 620d524..5d9b64d 100644
--- a/plugins/automode.py
+++ b/plugins/automode.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ automode.py - Provide simple channel ACL management by giving prefix modes to us
 hostmasks or exttargets.
 """
 import collections
-import threading
-import json
 
 from pylinkirc import utils, conf, world, structures
 from pylinkirc.log import log
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ db = datastore.store
 default_permissions = {"$ircop": ['automode.manage.relay_owned', 'automode.sync.relay_owned',
                                   'automode.list']}
 
-
 def main(irc=None):
     """Main function, called during plugin loading at start."""
 
diff --git a/plugins/relay.py b/plugins/relay.py
index ca30cef..c908b74 100644
--- a/plugins/relay.py
+++ b/plugins/relay.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # relay.py: PyLink Relay plugin
-import pickle
 import time
 import threading
 import string