diff --git a/lib/ansible/connection.py b/lib/ansible/connection.py
index 8580c484d9..fa94edbf9e 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/connection.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/connection.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 ################################################
 
 import paramiko
-import exceptions
 import os
 from ansible.errors import *
     
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner.py b/lib/ansible/runner.py
index 047d8fe079..69bd3693b9 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/runner.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner.py
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ import ansible.connection
 import Queue
 import random
 import jinja2
-import time
 import traceback
 import tempfile
-import StringIO
 
 # FIXME: stop importing *, use as utils/errors
 from ansible.utils import *