diff --git a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_grb_inj_finder b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_grb_inj_finder
index 32acf31c1e0..54a92b3b781 100644
--- a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_grb_inj_finder
+++ b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_grb_inj_finder
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import operator
 import os
 import re
 from collections import defaultdict
-from itertools import compress
 from functools import reduce
 
 import tqdm
diff --git a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_minifollowups b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_minifollowups
index 0e172f2cb79..f50e56af7db 100644
--- a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_minifollowups
+++ b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_minifollowups
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import os
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from pycbc import init_logging
 import pycbc.workflow as wf
 from pycbc.workflow.core import FileList, resolve_url_to_file
 import pycbc.workflow.minifollowups as mini
diff --git a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_plot_skygrid b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_plot_skygrid
index c59b31c1ec8..ebb0f87df5b 100644
--- a/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_plot_skygrid
+++ b/bin/pygrb/pycbc_pygrb_plot_skygrid
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import sys
 import os
 import logging
 import numpy
-import h5py
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib import rc
 import pycbc.version