diff --git a/IPython/paths.py b/IPython/paths.py
index 5978772..82fba5a 100644
--- a/IPython/paths.py
+++ b/IPython/paths.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import IPython
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
 from IPython.utils.path import (
     get_home_dir, get_xdg_dir, get_xdg_cache_dir, compress_user, _writable_dir,
-    ensure_dir_exists, fs_encoding, filefind
-)
+    ensure_dir_exists, fs_encoding)
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
 def get_ipython_dir():
diff --git a/IPython/utils/_process_cli.py b/IPython/utils/_process_cli.py
index a7b7b90..6d96bd1 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/_process_cli.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/_process_cli.py
@@ -11,16 +11,11 @@ interface for IronPython will probably require you to help fill
 in the details. 
 """
 
-# Import cli libraries:
-import clr
-import System
 
-# Import Python libraries:
+import System
 import os
-
-# Import IPython libraries:
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
-from ._process_common import arg_split
+
 
 def _find_cmd(cmd):
     """Find the full path to a command using which."""
diff --git a/IPython/utils/ulinecache.py b/IPython/utils/ulinecache.py
index 943de05..0b4ede0 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/ulinecache.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/ulinecache.py
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ Wrapper around linecache which decodes files to unicode according to PEP 263.
 """
 import functools
 import linecache
-import sys
 from warnings import warn
 
-from IPython.utils import py3compat
-from IPython.utils import openpy
-
 getline = linecache.getline
 
 # getlines has to be looked up at runtime, because doctests monkeypatch it.