diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
index 86bef18c76..95f9a94aa4 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
-from django.utils.simplejson import dumps
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from certificates.models import GeneratedCertificate
-from certificates.models import certificate_status_for_student
 from certificates.queue import XQueueCertInterface
-from courseware import grades, courses
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.test.client import RequestFactory
-from capa.xqueue_interface import XQueueInterface
-from capa.xqueue_interface import make_xheader, make_hashkey
-from django.conf import settings
-from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
-from student.models import UserProfile
-import json
-import random
-import logging
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -26,19 +14,19 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
 
         course_id = 'BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2012_Fall'
-        course = courses.get_course_by_id(course_id)
 
         enrolled_students = User.objects.filter(
                 courseenrollment__course_id=course_id).prefetch_related(
                         "groups").order_by('username')
         xq = XQueueCertInterface()
-        # delete all entries
+
+        # TODO (this is for debugging, remove)
         for c in GeneratedCertificate.objects.all():
             c.delete()
 
         count = 0
         for student in enrolled_students:
-            ret = xq.add_cert_to_queue(student, course_id)
+            ret = xq.add_cert(student, course_id)
             if ret == 'generating':
                 print 'generating for {0}'.format(student)
                 count += 1