diff --git a/lib/ansible/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
index 39375e4d553..c740f88ae05 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@
 
 import fnmatch
 import multiprocessing
-from itertools import izip
 import os
 import json
 import traceback
-import select
 
 # non-core 
 import paramiko