diff --git a/IPython/external/path.py b/IPython/external/path.py
index 038d7ce..6b0f952 100644
--- a/IPython/external/path.py
+++ b/IPython/external/path.py
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ Date:    9 Mar 2007
 
 from __future__ import generators
 
-import sys, warnings, os, fnmatch, glob, shutil, codecs, md5
+import sys, warnings, os, fnmatch, glob, shutil, codecs
+# deprecated in python 2.6
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', r'.*md5.*')
+import md5
 
 __version__ = '2.2'
 __all__ = ['path']
diff --git a/IPython/iplib.py b/IPython/iplib.py
index 1bb1650..03846f8 100644
--- a/IPython/iplib.py
+++ b/IPython/iplib.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 import types
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', r'.*sets module*')
 from sets import Set
 from pprint import pprint, pformat