diff --git a/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py b/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py
index 0d899d4..8e11222 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import ctypes
-import msvcrt
 
 from ctypes import c_int, POINTER
 from ctypes.wintypes import LPCWSTR, HLOCAL
diff --git a/IPython/utils/_process_win32_controller.py b/IPython/utils/_process_win32_controller.py
index f4e7c15..8bd01b3 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/_process_win32_controller.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/_process_win32_controller.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This file is meant to be used by process.py
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # stdlib
-import os, sys, time, threading
+import os, sys, threading
 import ctypes, msvcrt
 
 # Win32 API types needed for the API calls
diff --git a/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
index 2cf614c..63e4b2c 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/pickleutil.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ try:
 except:
     numpy = None
 
-import codeutil
 import py3compat
 from importstring import import_item
 
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
index f422bbc..06ef575 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
-"""Tests for IPython.utils.path.py"""
+"""Tests for IPython.utils.module_paths.py"""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
@@ -18,20 +18,10 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
-import StringIO
 
 from os.path import join, abspath, split
 
-import nose.tools as nt
-
-from nose import with_setup
-
-import IPython
-from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
-from IPython.testing.decorators import skip_if_not_win32, skip_win32
 from IPython.testing.tools import make_tempfile
-from IPython.utils import path, io
-from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
 import IPython.utils.module_paths as mp
 
@@ -91,7 +81,7 @@ def test_get_init_3():
     with make_tempfile(join(TMP_TEST_DIR, "__init__.pyc")):
         assert mp.get_init(TMP_TEST_DIR) is None
 
-def test_get_init_3():
+def test_get_init_4():
     """get_init can't find __init__ in empty testdir"""
     assert mp.get_init(TMP_TEST_DIR) is None
 
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py
index c5b0376..0e0e351 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
-from io import StringIO
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from os.path import join, abspath, split
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import IPython
 from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
 from IPython.testing.decorators import skip_if_not_win32, skip_win32
 from IPython.testing.tools import make_tempfile, AssertPrints
-from IPython.utils import path, io
+from IPython.utils import path
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.tempdir import TemporaryDirectory
 
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
index a00c4a5..5803a85 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_text.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ import random
 
 import nose.tools as nt
 
-from nose import with_setup
-
-from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
 from IPython.utils import text
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_wildcard.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_wildcard.py
index 7c5cff5..7e407d2 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_wildcard.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_wildcard.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # Library imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Stdlib
-import sys
 import unittest
 
 # Our own
diff --git a/IPython/utils/text.py b/IPython/utils/text.py
index 44b19b9..55b8861 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/text.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/text.py
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@ Inheritance diagram:
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import __main__
-
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 import textwrap
 from string import Formatter
 
 from IPython.external.path import path
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest_py3, skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
-from IPython.utils.data import flatten
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
diff --git a/IPython/utils/zmqrelated.py b/IPython/utils/zmqrelated.py
index 8abbabb..e06e3f0 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/zmqrelated.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/zmqrelated.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # Verify zmq version dependency >= 2.1.11
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import warnings
 from IPython.utils.version import check_version