diff --git a/contrib/devtools/github-merge.py b/contrib/devtools/github-merge.py
index aae966a8f6..0cee0921b1 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/github-merge.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/github-merge.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # In case of a clean merge that is accepted by the user, the local branch with
 # name $BRANCH is overwritten with the merged result, and optionally pushed.
 from __future__ import division,print_function,unicode_literals
-import os,sys
+import os
 from sys import stdin,stdout,stderr
 import argparse
 import subprocess
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
index c0f120392e..18f9835faa 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Test script for security-check.py
 '''
 from __future__ import division,print_function
 import subprocess
-import sys
 import unittest
 
 def write_testcode(filename):
diff --git a/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py b/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
index 043bf2e814..3fdec134b8 100755
--- a/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
+++ b/contrib/linearize/linearize-data.py
@@ -8,16 +8,10 @@
 #
 
 from __future__ import print_function, division
-try: # Python 3
-    import http.client as httplib
-except ImportError: # Python 2
-    import httplib
-import json
 import struct
 import re
 import os
 import os.path
-import base64
 import sys
 import hashlib
 import datetime
diff --git a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
index f749da5396..00a54d0820 100755
--- a/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
+++ b/contrib/linearize/linearize-hashes.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ try: # Python 3
 except ImportError: # Python 2
     import httplib
 import json
-import struct
 import re
 import base64
 import sys
diff --git a/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py b/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
index 3dea5e3c14..6f57aa47e9 100755
--- a/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
+++ b/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-import array
 import binascii
 import zmq
 import struct
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/nodehandling.py b/qa/rpc-tests/nodehandling.py
index e9682c4908..7313c79b54 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/nodehandling.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/nodehandling.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import *
 
-import http.client
 import urllib.parse
 
 class NodeHandlingTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-mempool.py b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-mempool.py
index 382d7f1e82..1fd125fdcd 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-mempool.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-mempool.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from test_framework.mininode import *
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import *
-import time
 
 class TestNode(NodeConnCB):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py b/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
index 3a116317fe..e9afb2b09a 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ from test_framework.util import *
 import zmq
 import struct
 
-import http.client
-import urllib.parse
-
 class ZMQTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py b/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
index 92e0df259e..5492fdb8c5 100755
--- a/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
+++ b/share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ they can be picked up by Qt linguist.
 '''
 from __future__ import division,print_function,unicode_literals
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-import glob
 import operator
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py b/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
index 1c090b3f3f..e2087187aa 100755
--- a/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
+++ b/src/test/bitcoin-util-test.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 from __future__ import division,print_function,unicode_literals
 import os
-import sys
 import bctest
 import buildenv
 import argparse