diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
index cd99ed9efc..3e0ee431ee 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import json
-import sys
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/forms.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/forms.py
index 9b1f0fcc41..3d75d94a27 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/forms.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/forms.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 """
 Discussion API forms
 """
-
-
-import six.moves.urllib.error
 import six.moves.urllib.parse
-import six.moves.urllib.request
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms import BooleanField, CharField, ChoiceField, Form, IntegerField
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/views.py
index bff900e58d..b3821b1b5f 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/views.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Discussion API views
 
 
 import logging
-
-from django.conf import settings  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=imported-auth-user
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication import JwtAuthentication