diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index f8596e67..d21fda40 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@
 #
 
 import argparse
-import datetime
 import logging
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 import re
-import subprocess
-import shutil
-import stat
 import sys
-import tempfile
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)