diff --git a/doc/source/_exts/events.py b/doc/source/_exts/events.py
index f484eca4..d274e072 100644
--- a/doc/source/_exts/events.py
+++ b/doc/source/_exts/events.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import yaml
 
 from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader
 from jinja2.environment import Environment
-from docutils import nodes
 
 PATH_PREFIX = 'candidates'
 
+
 def build_timer(app):
     app.add_javascript("event_timer.js")
     data = yaml.load(open("events.yaml").read())
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def build_timer(app):
         loader = FileSystemLoader(template_dir)
         env = Environment(trim_blocks=True, loader=loader)
         template = env.get_template("events.jinja")
-        out.write(template.render({'events':data}))
+        out.write(template.render({'events': data}))
+
 
 def setup(app):
     if not os.path.isfile("events.yaml"):
diff --git a/tools/check-candidacy.py b/tools/check-candidacy.py
index ec1a13ac..f9a976ef 100755
--- a/tools/check-candidacy.py
+++ b/tools/check-candidacy.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ now = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc,
 def check_atc_date(atc):
     if 'expires-in' not in atc:
         return False
-    expires_in = datetime.datetime.strptime(atc['expires-in'], '%B %Y').replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+    expires_in = datetime.datetime.strptime(atc['expires-in'], '%B %Y')
+    expires_in = expires_in.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
     return now < expires_in