diff --git a/cdist/config_install.py b/cdist/config_install.py
index ceba1887..4bf9ad32 100644
--- a/cdist/config_install.py
+++ b/cdist/config_install.py
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-import stat
 import shutil
-import sys
-import tempfile
 import time
-import itertools
 import pprint
 
 import cdist