Drop unused variables and imports (#1284)

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/benchmarks/command_packer_benchmark.py b/benchmarks/command_packer_benchmark.py
index 0d69bdf..8176391 100644
--- a/benchmarks/command_packer_benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmarks/command_packer_benchmark.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import socket
 import sys
 from redis.connection import (Connection, SYM_STAR, SYM_DOLLAR, SYM_EMPTY,
-                              SYM_CRLF, b)
+                              SYM_CRLF)
 from redis._compat import imap
 from base import Benchmark
 
diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index 2323365..b5e3fb1 100755
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ class Connection(object):
                 if nativestr(self.read_response()) != 'PONG':
                     raise ConnectionError(
                         'Bad response from PING health check')
-            except (ConnectionError, TimeoutError) as ex:
+            except (ConnectionError, TimeoutError):
                 self.disconnect()
                 self.send_command('PING', check_health=False)
                 if nativestr(self.read_response()) != 'PONG':
diff --git a/tests/test_monitor.py b/tests/test_monitor.py
index fe9e68a..7ef8ecd 100644
--- a/tests/test_monitor.py
+++ b/tests/test_monitor.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from redis._compat import unicode
-from .conftest import (skip_if_server_version_lt, skip_if_server_version_gte,
-                       skip_unless_arch_bits)
+from .conftest import skip_if_server_version_lt
 
 
 def wait_for_command(client, monitor, command):