diff --git a/tools/gyp_node.py b/tools/gyp_node.py
index 064abe30aa..0ceb93341f 100755
--- a/tools/gyp_node.py
+++ b/tools/gyp_node.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import glob
 import os
-import shlex
 import sys
 
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
diff --git a/tools/install.py b/tools/install.py
index ead93966f0..cb86c65699 100755
--- a/tools/install.py
+++ b/tools/install.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ except ImportError:
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
-import stat
 import sys
 
 # set at init time