diff --git a/awx/api/views/root.py b/awx/api/views/root.py
index a933da7582..9f5b142351 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/root.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/root.py
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ class ApiV2ConfigView(APIView):
         if 'manifest' in license_data:
             try:
                 license_data = validate_entitlement_manifest(license_data['manifest'])
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception('Invalid license submitted.')
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception('Invalid license submitted. {}')
                 return Response({"error": 'Invalid license submitted.'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
             try:
diff --git a/awx/conf/migrations/_subscriptions.py b/awx/conf/migrations/_subscriptions.py
index 1ec1aa1052..282bf2fb48 100644
--- a/awx/conf/migrations/_subscriptions.py
+++ b/awx/conf/migrations/_subscriptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import logging
-from django.conf import settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.conf.settings')
 
diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index ad677b7c0e..8be9e75e7f 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Python
-import json
 import logging
-import os
 
 # Django
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
index 69d8b85db3..8a1f50035f 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 # Python
 import pytest
-import os
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/licensing.py b/awx/main/utils/licensing.py
index d407f16379..b209df4abc 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/licensing.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/licensing.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Licenser(object):
     def validate_rh(self, user, pw):
         try:
             host = 'https://' + str(self.config.get("server", "hostname"))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception('Cannot access rhsm.conf, make sure subscription manager is installed and configured.')
             host = None
         if not host: