diff --git a/api/api.py b/api/api.py
index b115e004703fc082771a71c363b022e7b8a76f04..d8b3ec77f42268dad80493306730a1b5f184e061 100644
--- a/api/api.py
+++ b/api/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 import json
 import webapp2
-import datetime
 import webapp2_extras.routes
 
 from . import core
diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
index b23021452123592e8d530e1d27e549bbbe20eee8..601e520d36d96c8ff669485cc0056522bd645deb 100644
--- a/api/config.py
+++ b/api/config.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import logging
 import pymongo
 import datetime
 
-from . import util
-
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     format='%(asctime)s %(name)16.16s %(filename)24.24s %(lineno)5d:%(levelname)4.4s %(message)s',
diff --git a/api/core.py b/api/core.py
index 4f740994276d0e8163c66c57b547e4bad90f874f..df42a55d9862aac436c0a2e3e347c70c7e2934ee 100644
--- a/api/core.py
+++ b/api/core.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import re
-import cgi
 import bson
 import json
 import tarfile
-import zipfile
 import datetime
 import markdown
 import cStringIO
diff --git a/api/dao/reaperutil.py b/api/dao/reaperutil.py
index 15d13ab3b2c3016d12a79a066eee5cc975616267..e166ccb1fb307bb5134082abb91e85b082547fd8 100644
--- a/api/dao/reaperutil.py
+++ b/api/dao/reaperutil.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import difflib
 import pymongo
 import datetime
diff --git a/api/jobs.py b/api/jobs.py
index 6edd951225cdc9991c0c2d89de5409c2256728a3..0274fd10515df385a3ffe137362b29ab726c95e2 100644
--- a/api/jobs.py
+++ b/api/jobs.py
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ API request handlers for process-job-handling.
 # We shadow the standard library; this is a workaround.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import logging
-log = logging.getLogger('scitran.api.jobs')
-
 import bson
 import pymongo
 import datetime
@@ -16,6 +13,8 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from . import base
 from . import config
 
+log = config.log
+
 
 JOB_STATES = [
     'pending',  # Job is queued
diff --git a/api/rules.py b/api/rules.py
index 544c35a9c078d489d306611d0d38546f86f7d164..02da82b231d9a26fd2af7ac9025aa687b599df9a 100644
--- a/api/rules.py
+++ b/api/rules.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-
-import logging
-log = logging.getLogger('scitran.api.jobs')
-
-import bson
-import pymongo
-import datetime
 import fnmatch
 
-from . import base
-from . import util
 from . import jobs
+from . import config
+
+log = config.log
 
 
 #
diff --git a/api/util.py b/api/util.py
index df8c863fb02bd1cf4b5d0ec0ebb8606d2f70dd18..7f18fee4265f542b15fae69020f3a2670e99c5b0 100644
--- a/api/util.py
+++ b/api/util.py
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import os
-import copy
 import pytz
 import uuid
-import shutil
-import difflib
-import hashlib
-import pymongo
-import zipfile
 import datetime
 import mimetypes
 import bson.objectid