diff --git a/mygpo/administration/tasks.py b/mygpo/administration/tasks.py
index 80b3d498b..bdf7f9993 100644
--- a/mygpo/administration/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/administration/tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from django_db_geventpool.utils import close_connection
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 from mygpo.maintenance.merge import PodcastMerger
 
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
diff --git a/mygpo/administration/tests.py b/mygpo/administration/tests.py
index cab3224a5..a89a856e3 100644
--- a/mygpo/administration/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/administration/tests.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def test_merge(self):
         subscribe(p1.pk, user.pk, device1.uid)
         subscribe(p2.pk, user.pk, device2.uid)
 
-        action1 = EpisodeHistoryEntry.create_entry(user, e1, EpisodeHistoryEntry.PLAY)
-        action3 = EpisodeHistoryEntry.create_entry(user, e3, EpisodeHistoryEntry.PLAY)
+        EpisodeHistoryEntry.create_entry(user, e1, EpisodeHistoryEntry.PLAY)
+        EpisodeHistoryEntry.create_entry(user, e3, EpisodeHistoryEntry.PLAY)
 
         # we need that for later
         e3_id = e3.pk
diff --git a/mygpo/administration/views.py b/mygpo/administration/views.py
index dcd4a0cfd..aba6ba119 100644
--- a/mygpo/administration/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/administration/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import re
 import socket
-from itertools import count, chain
-from collections import Counter
+from itertools import count
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import redis
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode
 from mygpo.administration.auth import require_staff
 from mygpo.administration.group import PodcastGrouper
-from mygpo.maintenance.merge import PodcastMerger, IncorrectMergeException
+from mygpo.maintenance.merge import IncorrectMergeException
 from mygpo.administration.clients import UserAgentStats, ClientStats
 from mygpo.users.views.registration import send_activation_email
 from mygpo.administration.tasks import merge_podcasts
diff --git a/mygpo/api/advanced/__init__.py b/mygpo/api/advanced/__init__.py
index 08d5b760e..5c36cc2ea 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/advanced/__init__.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/advanced/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from functools import partial
-
-from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime
 from importlib import import_module
 
@@ -9,7 +6,6 @@
 from django.http import (
     HttpResponse,
     HttpResponseBadRequest,
-    Http404,
     HttpResponseNotFound,
 )
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -307,7 +303,7 @@ def device(request, username, device_uid, version=None):
 
     try:
         data = parse_request_body(request)
-    except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError) as e:
+    except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError):
         msg = ("Could not decode device update POST data for " + "user %s: %s") % (
             username,
             request.body.decode("ascii", errors="replace"),
diff --git a/mygpo/api/advanced/episode.py b/mygpo/api/advanced/episode.py
index ea417c894..bbc78cc61 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/advanced/episode.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/advanced/episode.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from mygpo.api import APIView, RequestException
 from mygpo.api.httpresponse import JsonResponse
 from mygpo.api.exceptions import ParameterMissing
-from mygpo.chapters.models import Chapter
+from mygpo.chapters.models import Chapter, Episode, Podcast
 from mygpo.utils import parse_time, normalize_feed_url, get_timestamp
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/api/advanced/lists.py b/mygpo/api/advanced/lists.py
index 8724dd7ce..a36382347 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/advanced/lists.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/advanced/lists.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseForbidden
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.http import Http404
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
-from mygpo.utils import get_timestamp
 from mygpo.api.advanced.directory import podcast_data
 from mygpo.api.httpresponse import JsonResponse
 from mygpo.podcastlists.models import PodcastList
diff --git a/mygpo/api/advanced/settings.py b/mygpo/api/advanced/settings.py
index fb589f977..43831bdbf 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/advanced/settings.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/advanced/settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import json
-
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
 from mygpo.api import APIView, RequestException
diff --git a/mygpo/api/advanced/updates.py b/mygpo/api/advanced/updates.py
index e5e41d2f6..702e4d9fa 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/advanced/updates.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/advanced/updates.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from itertools import chain
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscription_history, subscription_diff
 from mygpo.users.models import Client
 from mygpo.episodestates.models import EpisodeState
-from mygpo.users.subscriptions import subscription_changes, podcasts_for_states
 from mygpo.api.basic_auth import require_valid_user, check_username
 from mygpo.decorators import cors_origin
 
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ class DeviceUpdates(View):
     def get(self, request, username, device_uid):
 
         now = datetime.utcnow()
-        now_ = get_timestamp(now)
 
         user = request.user
 
diff --git a/mygpo/api/subscriptions.py b/mygpo/api/subscriptions.py
index 27f5f094e..9ee91cb18 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/subscriptions.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/subscriptions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from mygpo.users.models import Client
 from mygpo.subscriptions.tasks import subscribe, unsubscribe
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscription_history, subscription_diff
-from mygpo.api.basic_auth import require_valid_user, check_username
 
 import logging
 
diff --git a/mygpo/api/tasks.py b/mygpo/api/tasks.py
index 65cd63ede..27246a14b 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/tasks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from django_db_geventpool.utils import close_connection
 
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 from mygpo.api.advanced import update_episodes
 
 logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
diff --git a/mygpo/api/tests.py b/mygpo/api/tests.py
index 5acee547d..4c60fd3a3 100644
--- a/mygpo/api/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/api/tests.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
 from openapi_spec_validator import validate_spec_url
-from jsonschema import ValidationError
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode
 from mygpo.api.advanced import episodes
diff --git a/mygpo/celery.py b/mygpo/celery.py
index 86634da78..bc389779f 100644
--- a/mygpo/celery.py
+++ b/mygpo/celery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-from django.conf import settings
-
 from celery import Celery
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mygpo.settings")
diff --git a/mygpo/chapters/models.py b/mygpo/chapters/models.py
index d4323f4fe..13a7299a0 100644
--- a/mygpo/chapters/models.py
+++ b/mygpo/chapters/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from mygpo.core.models import UpdateInfoModel
-from mygpo.podcasts.models import Episode
+from mygpo.podcasts.models import Episode, Podcast
 
 
 class Chapter(UpdateInfoModel):
diff --git a/mygpo/data/feeddownloader.py b/mygpo/data/feeddownloader.py
index 000a80744..524511134 100755
--- a/mygpo/data/feeddownloader.py
+++ b/mygpo/data/feeddownloader.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os.path
-import urllib.request
-import urllib.error
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
-import hashlib
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from itertools import chain, islice
 import requests
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ def update_podcasts(queue):
         except NoPodcastCreated as npc:
             logger.info("No podcast created: %s", npc)
 
-        except NoEpisodesException as nee:
+        except NoEpisodesException:
             logger.info(f"No episodes found when parsing {podcast_url}")
             continue
 
@@ -339,9 +336,6 @@ def __init__(self, podcast, update_result):
         self.max_episode_order = None
 
     def update_episodes(self, parsed_episodes):
-
-        pid = self.podcast.get_id()
-
         episodes_to_update = list(islice(parsed_episodes, 0, MAX_EPISODES_UPDATE))
         logger.info(
             "Parsed %d (%d) episodes", len(parsed_episodes), len(episodes_to_update)
diff --git a/mygpo/data/flickr.py b/mygpo/data/flickr.py
index 1e05e3ae3..76a179f7e 100644
--- a/mygpo/data/flickr.py
+++ b/mygpo/data/flickr.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def get_photo_sizes(photo_id):
 
     try:
         resp_obj = resp.json()
-    except json.JSONDecodeError as jde:
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
         return []
 
     try:
diff --git a/mygpo/data/management/commands/feed-downloader.py b/mygpo/data/management/commands/feed-downloader.py
index ce2302917..8fcacb75d 100644
--- a/mygpo/data/management/commands/feed-downloader.py
+++ b/mygpo/data/management/commands/feed-downloader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 from itertools import islice
-import traceback
-from optparse import make_option
 
 from mygpo.maintenance.management.podcastcmd import PodcastCommand
 from mygpo.data.feeddownloader import update_podcasts
diff --git a/mygpo/data/management/commands/tag-downloader.py b/mygpo/data/management/commands/tag-downloader.py
index c08e58623..9f314e9b5 100644
--- a/mygpo/data/management/commands/tag-downloader.py
+++ b/mygpo/data/management/commands/tag-downloader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import time
 import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
-from optparse import make_option
 
 from mygpo.data import delicious
 from mygpo.maintenance.management.podcastcmd import PodcastCommand
diff --git a/mygpo/data/podcast.py b/mygpo/data/podcast.py
index ff464167e..91b045ec9 100644
--- a/mygpo/data/podcast.py
+++ b/mygpo/data/podcast.py
@@ -40,13 +40,12 @@ def calc_similar_podcasts(podcast, num=20, user_sample=100):
 
     # get other podcasts that the user sample subscribes to
     podcasts = Counter()
-    for user_id in user_ids:
-        subscriptions = (
-            Podcast.objects.filter(subscription__user__id__in=user_ids)
-            .distinct("pk")
-            .exclude(pk=podcast.pk)
-        )
-        podcasts.update(Counter(subscriptions))
+    subscriptions = (
+        Podcast.objects.filter(subscription__user__id__in=user_ids)
+        .distinct("pk")
+        .exclude(pk=podcast.pk)
+    )
+    podcasts.update(Counter(subscriptions))
     logger.info(
         "Found {num_podcasts}, returning top {num_results}".format(
             num_podcasts=len(podcasts), num_results=num
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/management/commands/category-merge-spellings.py b/mygpo/directory/management/commands/category-merge-spellings.py
index b3ca3728a..dfcc197b1 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/management/commands/category-merge-spellings.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/management/commands/category-merge-spellings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from datetime import datetime
-
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             )
             return
 
-        start_time = datetime.utcnow()
         cat_name = args[0]
         spellings = args[1:]
 
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/management/commands/update-toplist.py b/mygpo/directory/management/commands/update-toplist.py
index 6753de36d..f4eab842f 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/management/commands/update-toplist.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/management/commands/update-toplist.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from optparse import make_option
-
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/search.py b/mygpo/directory/search.py
index 48d01c15c..ae6673c8c 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/search.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/search.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def search_podcasts(q):
         if not podcast or not podcast.title:
             try:
                 updater.update_podcast()
-            except NoPodcastCreated as npc:
+            except NoPodcastCreated:
                 return []
 
         try:
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/tasks.py b/mygpo/directory/tasks.py
index 089c62a1a..d81fb431a 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/tasks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 from mygpo.subscriptions.models import Subscription
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 
 
 @shared_task(max_retries=5)
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/tests.py b/mygpo/directory/tests.py
index d7470b562..fde138339 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
-import doctest
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from django.test import TestCase
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 from mygpo.directory.views import ToplistView
diff --git a/mygpo/directory/views.py b/mygpo/directory/views.py
index 7046f7ea3..c7a2e12b0 100644
--- a/mygpo/directory/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/directory/views.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode
 from mygpo.directory.search import search_podcasts
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
     process_lang_params,
     get_language_names,
     get_page_list,
-    get_podcast_link_target,
     sanitize_language_codes,
 )
 from mygpo.directory.tags import Topics
@@ -335,7 +333,7 @@ def get(self, request, task_id):
 
         except (UpdatePodcastException, NoEpisodesException) as ex:
             messages.error(request, str(ex))
-            podcast = None
+            podcasts = []
 
         return self.render_to_response({"ready": True, "podcasts": podcasts})
 
diff --git a/mygpo/episodestates/tasks.py b/mygpo/episodestates/tasks.py
index ece5f1ea2..878d0116f 100644
--- a/mygpo/episodestates/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/episodestates/tasks.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from django_db_geventpool.utils import close_connection
 from celery import shared_task
 
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 from mygpo.history.models import EpisodeHistoryEntry
 from mygpo.episodestates.models import EpisodeState
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ def update_episode_state(historyentry_pk):
         )
     )
 
-    state = EpisodeState.objects.update_or_create(
+    EpisodeState.objects.update_or_create(
         user=user,
         episode=episode,
         defaults={"action": historyentry.action, "timestamp": historyentry.timestamp},
diff --git a/mygpo/favorites/migrations/0002_unique.py b/mygpo/favorites/migrations/0002_unique.py
index 96d894aa4..8f15ca947 100644
--- a/mygpo/favorites/migrations/0002_unique.py
+++ b/mygpo/favorites/migrations/0002_unique.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/migrations/0002_pluralname.py b/mygpo/history/migrations/0002_pluralname.py
index 66337eb71..7063e8e88 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/migrations/0002_pluralname.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/migrations/0002_pluralname.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/migrations/0006_episodehistory_index.py b/mygpo/history/migrations/0006_episodehistory_index.py
index 097063985..3e3e86242 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/migrations/0006_episodehistory_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/migrations/0006_episodehistory_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/migrations/0007_episodehistory_index.py b/mygpo/history/migrations/0007_episodehistory_index.py
index b8c39d0a2..85fdad777 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/migrations/0007_episodehistory_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/migrations/0007_episodehistory_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/migrations/0008_episodehistory_index.py b/mygpo/history/migrations/0008_episodehistory_index.py
index 40168c40d..5aaac003f 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/migrations/0008_episodehistory_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/migrations/0008_episodehistory_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/migrations/0010_episode_history_index.py b/mygpo/history/migrations/0010_episode_history_index.py
index be552ecad..89aeb0a40 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/migrations/0010_episode_history_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/migrations/0010_episode_history_index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/history/models.py b/mygpo/history/models.py
index 01350a7a2..0e1cea843 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/models.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from collections import Counter
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.db import models
diff --git a/mygpo/history/views.py b/mygpo/history/views.py
index 5116034c3..d42314c61 100644
--- a/mygpo/history/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/history/views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache, cache_control
 from django.views.decorators.vary import vary_on_cookie
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib import messages
 
 from mygpo.users.models import Client
 from mygpo.history.models import HistoryEntry
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ def history(request, count=15, uid=None):
 def podcast_history(request, podcast):
     """shows the subscription history of the user"""
 
-    user = request.user
     history = HistoryEntry.objects.filter(user=request.user, podcast=podcast)
 
     return render(
diff --git a/mygpo/maintenance/management/podcastcmd.py b/mygpo/maintenance/management/podcastcmd.py
index a17dff936..5f8d19be4 100644
--- a/mygpo/maintenance/management/podcastcmd.py
+++ b/mygpo/maintenance/management/podcastcmd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from itertools import islice, chain
-from optparse import make_option
+from itertools import chain
 import random
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
diff --git a/mygpo/maintenance/merge.py b/mygpo/maintenance/merge.py
index 3dfcc76e5..024a3122c 100644
--- a/mygpo/maintenance/merge.py
+++ b/mygpo/maintenance/merge.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import collections
-
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db.models import Model
@@ -8,18 +6,12 @@
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import (
     MergedUUID,
-    ScopedModel,
-    OrderedModel,
-    Slug,
-    Tag,
     URL,
     MergedUUID,
     Podcast,
     Episode,
 )
-from mygpo import utils
 from mygpo.history.models import HistoryEntry, EpisodeHistoryEntry
-from mygpo.publisher.models import PublishedPodcast
 from mygpo.subscriptions.models import Subscription
 
 import logging
diff --git a/mygpo/maintenance/tests.py b/mygpo/maintenance/tests.py
index 1438b547a..508f664f6 100644
--- a/mygpo/maintenance/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/maintenance/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import uuid
-from datetime import datetime
-import unittest
 from collections import Counter
 
 from django.test import TestCase, TransactionTestCase
diff --git a/mygpo/podcastlists/migrations/0003_entries_ordering.py b/mygpo/podcastlists/migrations/0003_entries_ordering.py
index 76ac3e00c..13098c229 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcastlists/migrations/0003_entries_ordering.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcastlists/migrations/0003_entries_ordering.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcastlists/models.py b/mygpo/podcastlists/models.py
index 979cd09b6..64d3e9bf3 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcastlists/models.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcastlists/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from django.db import models
-from django.urls import reverse
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 
 from mygpo.core.models import UpdateInfoModel, OrderedModel, UUIDModel
-from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 from mygpo.votes.models import VoteMixin
 from mygpo.utils import set_ordered_entries
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ def num_entries(self):
         return self.entries.count()
 
     def add_entry(self, obj):
-        entry, created = PodcastListEntry.objects.get_or_create(
+        PodcastListEntry.objects.get_or_create(
             podcastlist=self,
             content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(obj),
             object_id=obj.id,
diff --git a/mygpo/podcastlists/views.py b/mygpo/podcastlists/views.py
index 06c02de98..5b6861bd9 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcastlists/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcastlists/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import uuid
 from functools import wraps
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from django.views import View
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, PodcastGroup
 from mygpo.podcastlists.models import PodcastList, PodcastListEntry
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ def create_list(request):
         messages.error(request, _('"{title}" is not a valid title').format(title=title))
         return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("lists-overview"))
 
-    plist, created = PodcastList.objects.get_or_create(
+    PodcastList.objects.get_or_create(
         user=request.user, slug=slug, defaults={"id": uuid.uuid1(), "title": title}
     )
 
@@ -152,9 +150,7 @@ def delete_list(request, plist, owner):
 @login_required
 @list_decorator(must_own=False)
 def rate_list(request, plist, owner):
-    now = datetime.utcnow()
-
-    vote, created = Vote.objects.get_or_create(
+    Vote.objects.get_or_create(
         user=request.user,
         content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(plist),
         object_id=plist.id,
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0021_meta.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0021_meta.py
index 62ed9ec4c..5907bde5a 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0021_meta.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0021_meta.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0025_episode_index.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0025_episode_index.py
index 7f071082d..ad710dfa7 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0025_episode_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0025_episode_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0026_slug_index.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0026_slug_index.py
index 9d6360d21..c1e4e33d9 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0026_slug_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0026_slug_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0027_episode_index.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0027_episode_index.py
index d46740d3b..65c60c1d6 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0027_episode_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0027_episode_index.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0029_episode_index_toplist.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0029_episode_index_toplist.py
index f3f124a0d..39981d16d 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0029_episode_index_toplist.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0029_episode_index_toplist.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0038_podcast_search_vector.py b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0038_podcast_search_vector.py
index 986883f23..d73eda318 100644
--- a/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0038_podcast_search_vector.py
+++ b/mygpo/podcasts/migrations/0038_podcast_search_vector.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Generated by Django 1.10.7 on 2017-06-24 02:07
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVector, SearchVectorField
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVectorField
 from django.db import migrations
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/publisher/migrations/0002_auto_20140718_1457.py b/mygpo/publisher/migrations/0002_auto_20140718_1457.py
index ed766799c..312ecf078 100644
--- a/mygpo/publisher/migrations/0002_auto_20140718_1457.py
+++ b/mygpo/publisher/migrations/0002_auto_20140718_1457.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/publisher/utils.py b/mygpo/publisher/utils.py
index 2bfa2f53e..76479a525 100644
--- a/mygpo/publisher/utils.py
+++ b/mygpo/publisher/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections import namedtuple, defaultdict
-from datetime import timedelta, datetime, time
+from datetime import timedelta, datetime
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Episode
 from mygpo.utils import daterange
diff --git a/mygpo/publisher/views.py b/mygpo/publisher/views.py
index dc1b4ff94..031aa2dd7 100644
--- a/mygpo/publisher/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/publisher/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     HttpResponse,
     HttpResponseRedirect,
     HttpResponseForbidden,
-    Http404,
 )
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache, cache_control
diff --git a/mygpo/search/tasks.py b/mygpo/search/tasks.py
index 5b46c2055..d339ed50a 100644
--- a/mygpo/search/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/search/tasks.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from celery import shared_task
 from django_db_geventpool.utils import close_connection
 
-from django.db import transaction
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVector
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
diff --git a/mygpo/search/tests.py b/mygpo/search/tests.py
index 418b7f920..3806630c3 100644
--- a/mygpo/search/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/search/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import uuid
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
-from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVector
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
diff --git a/mygpo/share/userpage.py b/mygpo/share/userpage.py
index f1d16ee7e..de040853b 100644
--- a/mygpo/share/userpage.py
+++ b/mygpo/share/userpage.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
-from mygpo.podcasts.models import Episode
-from mygpo.users.models import HistoryEntry
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscribed_podcasts
 from mygpo.decorators import requires_token
 from mygpo.podcastlists.models import PodcastList
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0002_unique_constraint.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0002_unique_constraint.py
index 06b415b31..35b8005fc 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0002_unique_constraint.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0002_unique_constraint.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0003_remove_podcastconfig.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0003_remove_podcastconfig.py
index 7481de1da..5da2c99d1 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0003_remove_podcastconfig.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0003_remove_podcastconfig.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0004_subscription_index.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0004_subscription_index.py
index d372330cc..40349abe7 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0004_subscription_index.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/migrations/0004_subscription_index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from django.db import models, migrations
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/models.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/models.py
index 4baa4f5af..342106763 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/models.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/models.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from mygpo.core.models import UpdateInfoModel, DeleteableModel
+from mygpo.core.models import DeleteableModel
 from mygpo.users.models import Client
-from mygpo.users.settings import PUBLIC_SUB_PODCAST
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/tests.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/tests.py
index 5579b09f2..f73721eb5 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import uuid
-import unittest
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
diff --git a/mygpo/subscriptions/views.py b/mygpo/subscriptions/views.py
index e1b6d63fb..ef57b653e 100644
--- a/mygpo/subscriptions/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/subscriptions/views.py
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 from mygpo.subscriptions.models import Subscription
-from mygpo.users.settings import PUBLIC_SUB_PODCAST
 from mygpo.api import simple
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscribed_podcasts
 from mygpo.decorators import requires_token
-from mygpo.users.models import HistoryEntry
 from mygpo.subscriptions import (
     get_subscribed_podcasts,
     get_subscription_change_history,
diff --git a/mygpo/suggestions/apps.py b/mygpo/suggestions/apps.py
index 52b78bffb..32f8266c7 100644
--- a/mygpo/suggestions/apps.py
+++ b/mygpo/suggestions/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig, apps
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 
 from mygpo.subscriptions.signals import subscription_changed
 
diff --git a/mygpo/suggestions/tasks.py b/mygpo/suggestions/tasks.py
index 7fc6631f0..43d3d2ab2 100644
--- a/mygpo/suggestions/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/suggestions/tasks.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 from celery import shared_task
 
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscribed_podcasts
 from mygpo.suggestions.models import PodcastSuggestion
 
diff --git a/mygpo/suggestions/views.py b/mygpo/suggestions/views.py
index 8a5cbc51a..7f0c11e68 100644
--- a/mygpo/suggestions/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/suggestions/views.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def blacklist(request, blacklisted_podcast):
         )
     )
 
-    suggestion = PodcastSuggestion.objects.filter(
+    PodcastSuggestion.objects.filter(
         suggested_to=user, podcast=blacklisted_podcast
     ).update(deleted=True)
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("suggestions"))
diff --git a/mygpo/userfeeds/auth.py b/mygpo/userfeeds/auth.py
index ea7e1a597..11dc8c1b9 100644
--- a/mygpo/userfeeds/auth.py
+++ b/mygpo/userfeeds/auth.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, Http404
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
diff --git a/mygpo/userfeeds/views.py b/mygpo/userfeeds/views.py
index fb557a47d..1f780ab0b 100644
--- a/mygpo/userfeeds/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/userfeeds/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.http import Http404
 
 from mygpo.userfeeds.auth import require_token_auth
 from mygpo.userfeeds.feeds import FavoriteFeed
diff --git a/mygpo/users/tasks.py b/mygpo/users/tasks.py
index eef2b5c73..f1f328f5a 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/tasks.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/tasks.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from mygpo.celery import celery
 from . import models
 
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ def sync_user(user_pk):
             # no need to retry on SubscriptionException
             pass
 
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("retrying task")
             raise sync_user.retry()
 
diff --git a/mygpo/users/tests.py b/mygpo/users/tests.py
index c2861260e..7d8d9c6b3 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
 from mygpo.maintenance.merge import PodcastMerger
 from mygpo.api.backend import get_device
-from mygpo.users.models import Client, SyncGroup, UserProxy
+from mygpo.users.models import Client, UserProxy
 from mygpo.subscriptions.tasks import subscribe, unsubscribe
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/users/urls.py b/mygpo/users/urls.py
index 97916885b..85707a699 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/urls.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django.urls import path, register_converter
 from django.contrib.auth.views import LogoutView
-from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 
 from .views import registration, settings, device, user
 from mygpo.users import converters
diff --git a/mygpo/users/views/registration.py b/mygpo/users/views/registration.py
index 6b47348a2..f62a77284 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/views/registration.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/views/registration.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
-from django.views import View
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
@@ -141,8 +140,6 @@ class ActivationView(TemplateView):
     template_name = "registration/activation_failed.html"
 
     def get(self, request, activation_key):
-        User = get_user_model()
-
         try:
             user = UserProxy.objects.get(
                 profile__activation_key=activation_key, is_active=False
diff --git a/mygpo/users/views/settings.py b/mygpo/users/views/settings.py
index d16d51360..f42e6949c 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/views/settings.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/views/settings.py
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ class ProfileView(View):
     """Updates the public profile and redirects back to the account view"""
 
     def post(self, request):
-        user = request.user
-
         form = ProfileForm(request.POST)
 
         if not form.is_valid():
diff --git a/mygpo/users/views/user.py b/mygpo/users/views/user.py
index 7d733f9a1..124d96b87 100644
--- a/mygpo/users/views/user.py
+++ b/mygpo/users/views/user.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-import string
-import random
-
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, get_user_model
-from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
@@ -20,9 +15,7 @@
 import requests
 from oauth2client.client import FlowExchangeError
 
-from mygpo.decorators import allowed_methods
 from mygpo.web.forms import RestorePasswordForm
-from mygpo.web.forms import ResendActivationForm
 from mygpo.constants import DEFAULT_LOGIN_REDIRECT
 from mygpo.web.auth import get_google_oauth_flow
 from mygpo.users.models import UserProxy
diff --git a/mygpo/usersettings/tests.py b/mygpo/usersettings/tests.py
index 817584659..8360cc530 100644
--- a/mygpo/usersettings/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/usersettings/tests.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from mygpo.test import create_auth_string, create_user
-from mygpo.api.advanced import settings as views
-from mygpo.usersettings.models import UserSettings
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode
 from mygpo.users.models import Client
 
diff --git a/mygpo/utils.py b/mygpo/utils.py
index 6529bfd1d..bd7504e9a 100644
--- a/mygpo/utils.py
+++ b/mygpo/utils.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import json
-import functools
-import types
 import subprocess
-import os
-import operator
 import sys
 import re
-import collections
-import itertools
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, date
 import time
 import hashlib
@@ -17,7 +11,6 @@
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
 import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
 import zlib
-import shlex
 
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/mygpo/web/forms.py b/mygpo/web/forms.py
index f603ff646..2b5d76b9c 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/forms.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import re
-
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
diff --git a/mygpo/web/logo.py b/mygpo/web/logo.py
index 74ad072b0..5b7628191 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/logo.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/logo.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import socket
 import struct
 
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+from PIL import Image
 
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def get(self, request, size, prefix, filename):
             logger.warning("Original cover {} not found".format(original))
             raise Http404("Cover Art not available" + original)
 
-        target_dir = self.get_dir(filename)
         try:
             fp = self.storage.open(original, "rb")
             im = Image.open(fp)
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ def save_podcast_logo(cls, cover_art_url):
             prefix = get_prefix(image_sha1)
 
             filename = cls.get_original_path(prefix, image_sha1)
-            dirname = cls.get_dir(filename)
 
             # get hash of existing file
             if LOGO_STORAGE.exists(filename):
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ def save_podcast_logo(cls, cover_art_url):
             # remove thumbnails if cover changed
             if old_hash != new_hash:
                 logger.info("Removing thumbnails")
-                thumbnails = cls.remove_existing_thumbnails(prefix, filename)
+                cls.remove_existing_thumbnails(prefix, filename)
 
             return cover_art_url
 
diff --git a/mygpo/web/templatetags/charts.py b/mygpo/web/templatetags/charts.py
index 774b742f6..04b465058 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/templatetags/charts.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/templatetags/charts.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
 
 register = template.Library()
diff --git a/mygpo/web/templatetags/episodes.py b/mygpo/web/templatetags/episodes.py
index 9ef7e08ee..281e19a25 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/templatetags/episodes.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/templatetags/episodes.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
 from mygpo import utils
-from mygpo.data.mimetype import get_type, get_mimetype
+from mygpo.data.mimetype import get_type
 from mygpo.web.utils import get_episode_link_target
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/web/templatetags/facebook.py b/mygpo/web/templatetags/facebook.py
index 31d5d9ee3..f96220f4c 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/templatetags/facebook.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/templatetags/facebook.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import hashlib
-
 from django import template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from mygpo.web.logo import get_logo_url
 from mygpo.constants import PODCAST_LOGO_BIG_SIZE
-from mygpo.web.templatetags.podcasts import create_podcast_logo
 from mygpo.web.utils import get_episode_link_target, get_podcast_link_target
 
 
diff --git a/mygpo/web/templatetags/podcasts.py b/mygpo/web/templatetags/podcasts.py
index d04f5f329..23815d3ba 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/templatetags/podcasts.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/templatetags/podcasts.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import hashlib
-
 from django import template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.html import strip_tags, format_html
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
diff --git a/mygpo/web/tests.py b/mygpo/web/tests.py
index 10277dfa0..dda79335e 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/tests.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import unittest
-import doctest
 import uuid
 import os.path
 
@@ -7,13 +5,12 @@
 import responses
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.test import TestCase, Client, override_settings
+from django.test import TestCase, Client
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode, Slug
-import mygpo.web.utils
 from mygpo.web.logo import CoverArt, get_logo_url
 from mygpo.test import create_auth_string, anon_request
 
@@ -247,7 +244,7 @@ def test_new_logo(self):
                 content_type="image/png",
             )
 
-            logo_url = get_logo_url(self.podcast, 32)
+            get_logo_url(self.podcast, 32)
 
             # first request
             CoverArt.save_podcast_logo(self.URL)
diff --git a/mygpo/web/urls.py b/mygpo/web/urls.py
index f8fabdba5..1c612995b 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/urls.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import re
-
 from django.urls import path
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView, RedirectView
diff --git a/mygpo/web/utils.py b/mygpo/web/utils.py
index 599800b10..03c90a6f5 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/utils.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import math
 import string
 import collections
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.utils.translation import ngettext
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@
 
 from babel import Locale, UnknownLocaleError
 
-from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast
-
 
 def get_accepted_lang(request):
     """returns a list of language codes accepted by the HTTP request"""
diff --git a/mygpo/web/views.py b/mygpo/web/views.py
index e6630b858..4bcf2aa17 100644
--- a/mygpo/web/views.py
+++ b/mygpo/web/views.py
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
-import sys
 from collections import defaultdict
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from django.urls import reverse
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
-from django.contrib import messages
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.contrib.sites.requests import RequestSite
-from django.views import View
 from django.views.decorators.vary import vary_on_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache, cache_control
 
-from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Episode, Tag
-from mygpo.users.models import HistoryEntry, Client
+from mygpo.podcasts.models import Podcast, Tag
 from mygpo.subscriptions import get_subscribed_podcasts
 from mygpo.web.utils import process_lang_params
-from mygpo.utils import parse_range
 from mygpo.podcastlists.models import PodcastList
 from mygpo.favorites.models import FavoriteEpisode
 
@@ -87,16 +79,6 @@ def dashboard(request, episode_count=10):
     if PublishedPodcast.objects.filter(publisher=request.user).exists():
         checklist.append("publish")
 
-    tomorrow = datetime.today() + timedelta(days=1)
-
-    #    newest_episodes = Episode.objects.filter(podcast__in=subscribed_podcasts,
-    #                                             released__lt=tomorrow).\
-    #                                      select_related('podcast').\
-    #                                      prefetch_related('slugs',
-    #                                                       'podcast__slugs').\
-    #                                      order_by('-released')[:episode_count]
-    #
-
     newest_episodes = []
 
     # we only show the "install reader" link in firefox, because we don't know