diff --git a/ww3tools/organizeDistanceToCoast.py b/ww3tools/organizeDistanceToCoast.py
index 1df6a9f..15cbbf1 100755
--- a/ww3tools/organizeDistanceToCoast.py
+++ b/ww3tools/organizeDistanceToCoast.py
@@ -36,12 +36,8 @@
 from matplotlib.mlab import *
 from pylab import *
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-from mpl_toolkits.basemap import cm
 from netCDF4 import Dataset
 import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
-colormap = cm.GMT_polar
-palette = plt.cm.jet
-palette.set_bad('aqua', 10.0)
 # netcdf format
 fnetcdf="NETCDF4"
 
diff --git a/ww3tools/pvalstats.py b/ww3tools/pvalstats.py
index cbd8954..f005cce 100755
--- a/ww3tools/pvalstats.py
+++ b/ww3tools/pvalstats.py
@@ -119,11 +119,8 @@
 import cartopy.crs as ccrs
 import cartopy.feature as cfeature
 import os
-from mpl_toolkits.basemap import cm
-colormap = cm.GMT_polar
-palette = plt.cm.jet
-palette.set_bad('aqua', 10.0)
 import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
+
 # Font size and style
 sl=13
 matplotlib.rcParams.update({'font.size': sl}); plt.rc('font', size=sl)