diff --git a/scripts/dumpcatalog.py b/scripts/dumpcatalog.py
index 0dd9d2d3..2a6d469e 100644
--- a/scripts/dumpcatalog.py
+++ b/scripts/dumpcatalog.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ opinion on provenance, never an authority: the emulator source is."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from artifacts import write_if_changed
diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index fcc30c0a..cbcb939b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ from common import (
     resolve_local_file,
     resolve_platform_cores,
     unique_emulator_profiles,
-    write_if_changed as _write_artifact,
     yaml_load,
 )
 from cross_reference import FileConsumers
@@ -64,10 +62,8 @@ from generate_readme import (
     extract_targets,
     release_totals,
 )
-from profile_sync import source_ref_values, split_source_ref
 from provenance_report import build_report, distinct_missing
 import release_record
-import upstream
 
 DOCS_DIR = "docs"
 SITE_NAME = "RetroBIOS"
@@ -2794,7 +2790,6 @@ def generate_gap_analysis(
     2. Problem files -- missing, untested, hash mismatch
     3. Core complement -- emulator files not declared by any platform
     """
-    from cross_reference import cross_reference as run_cross_reference
 
     from common import resolve_platform_cores
 
diff --git a/scripts/hashing.py b/scripts/hashing.py
index f1b95758..c06e4dad 100644
--- a/scripts/hashing.py
+++ b/scripts/hashing.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ frontends check against."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import hashlib
-import os
 import zipfile
 import zlib
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/scripts/packverify.py b/scripts/packverify.py
index fffa361f..b3da663b 100644
--- a/scripts/packverify.py
+++ b/scripts/packverify.py
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ def verify_pack_against_platform(
     Returns ``(all_ok, checked, present, errors, baseline_checked,
     baseline_present, core_checked, core_present, baseline_excluded)``.
     """
-    from collections import Counter
 
     config = load_platform_config(platform_name, platforms_dir)
     base_dest = config.get("base_destination", "")
diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index e052033c..7edce262 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import bisect
-import contextlib
 import difflib
 import itertools
 import json
diff --git a/scripts/torrentzip.py b/scripts/torrentzip.py
index 8cc1c4a8..e695c2c4 100644
--- a/scripts/torrentzip.py
+++ b/scripts/torrentzip.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import argparse
 import hashlib
 import struct
-import sys
 import zipfile
 import zlib
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/tests/test_core_file_fills_declaration.py b/tests/test_core_file_fills_declaration.py
index 81e42302..89530dc1 100644
--- a/tests/test_core_file_fills_declaration.py
+++ b/tests/test_core_file_fills_declaration.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import hashlib
 import contextlib
 import io
-import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
diff --git a/tests/test_gap_settlement.py b/tests/test_gap_settlement.py
index a985f01c..0646afd9 100644
--- a/tests/test_gap_settlement.py
+++ b/tests/test_gap_settlement.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ it. RetroArch names Galaksija's 4 KiB galaksija/rom1.bin, so DOSBox's
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
 import sys
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/tests/test_install.py b/tests/test_install.py
index 5f535520..bfd39060 100644
--- a/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_install.py
@@ -2032,7 +2032,6 @@ class TargetListFailureIsNotAnAnswer(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_unreachable_list_is_none(self):
         import urllib.error
-        from unittest import mock
 
         def boom(*args, **kwargs):
             raise urllib.error.URLError("timed out")
@@ -2043,7 +2042,6 @@ class TargetListFailureIsNotAnAnswer(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_absent_list_is_empty(self):
         import urllib.error
-        from unittest import mock
 
         def missing(url, *args, **kwargs):
             raise urllib.error.HTTPError(url, 404, "Not Found", {}, None)
diff --git a/tests/test_path_suffix.py b/tests/test_path_suffix.py
index d9174412..d549c64d 100644
--- a/tests/test_path_suffix.py
+++ b/tests/test_path_suffix.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys