diff --git a/plugins/Factoids.py b/plugins/Factoids.py
index 1adade33e..9b64643a2 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from baseplugin import *
 
 import time
 import getopt
+import string
 import os.path
 
 import sqlite
diff --git a/plugins/Math.py b/plugins/Math.py
index 63165c193..246e0fc04 100644
--- a/plugins/Math.py
+++ b/plugins/Math.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import re
 import new
 import math
 import cmath
+import string
 from itertools import imap
 
 import unum.units
diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index fc1b67638..a17041076 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import sets
 import time
 import shlex
 import getopt
+import string
 import inspect
 import textwrap
 import threading
diff --git a/src/fix.py b/src/fix.py
index f3232bfcd..73395ba04 100644
--- a/src/fix.py
+++ b/src/fix.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Fixes stuff that Python should have but doesn't.
 
 import string
 string.ascii = string.maketrans('', '')
+del string
 
 def ignore(*args, **kwargs):
     """Simply ignore the arguments sent to it."""
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ def ilen(iterator):
         i += 1
     return i
 itertools.ilen = ilen
+del itertools
 del ilen
 
 def group(seq, groupSize, noneFill=True):
diff --git a/src/ircmsgs.py b/src/ircmsgs.py
index e4cf177c1..10501d53e 100644
--- a/src/ircmsgs.py
+++ b/src/ircmsgs.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ object (which, as you'll read later, is quite...full-featured :))
 from fix import *
 
 import re
+import string
 
 import debug
 import ircutils