diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements.py b/diskimage_builder/elements.py
index d85044283..402284f64 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements.py
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import argparse
-from errno import ENOENT
 import os
 import sys
 
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/test_elementdeps.py b/diskimage_builder/test_elementdeps.py
index 4937e4d6a..7e988510a 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/test_elementdeps.py
+++ b/diskimage_builder/test_elementdeps.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import os
 
 from testtools import TestCase
-from fixtures import Fixture, EnvironmentVariable, TempDir
+from fixtures import EnvironmentVariable, TempDir
 
 from diskimage_builder.elements import expand_dependencies
 from diskimage_builder.elements import get_elements_dir
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/test_elements.py b/diskimage_builder/test_elements.py
index 503277e8f..fa6d9d241 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/test_elements.py
+++ b/diskimage_builder/test_elements.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import unittest
 
 
 class StubPackage:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index decc736c6..a178c0b54 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ commands = bash -c 'if [ ! -d ./.testrepository ] ; then testr init ; fi'
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
 
 [flake8]
-ignore = E125,F,H
+ignore = E125,H
 builtins = _
 exclude =  .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*openstack/common*,*lib/python*,*egg,build