diff --git a/pgweb/account/admin.py b/pgweb/account/admin.py
index 41c47147..09b51b4c 100644
--- a/pgweb/account/admin.py
+++ b/pgweb/account/admin.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class CommunityAuthSiteAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
 		x = None
 		try:
 			x = base64.b64decode(self.cleaned_data['cryptkey'])
-		except TypeError, e:
+		except TypeError:
 			raise forms.ValidationError("Crypto key must be base64 encoded")
 
 		if (len(x) != 16 and len(x) != 24 and len(x) != 32):
diff --git a/pgweb/account/forms.py b/pgweb/account/forms.py
index a539551b..8d715e99 100644
--- a/pgweb/account/forms.py
+++ b/pgweb/account/forms.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SignupForm(forms.Form):
 		if not re.match('^[a-z0-9_@\.-]+$', username):
 			raise forms.ValidationError("Invalid character in user name. Only a-z, 0-9, _, @, . and - allowed.")
 		try:
-			u = User.objects.get(username=username)
+			User.objects.get(username=username)
 		except User.DoesNotExist:
 			return username
 		raise forms.ValidationError("This username is already in use")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class SignupForm(forms.Form):
 		email = self.cleaned_data['email']
 
 		try:
-			u = User.objects.get(email=email)
+			User.objects.get(email=email)
 		except User.DoesNotExist:
 			return email
 		raise forms.ValidationError("A user with this email address is already registered")
diff --git a/pgweb/core/forms.py b/pgweb/core/forms.py
index c781205c..54337ff1 100644
--- a/pgweb/core/forms.py
+++ b/pgweb/core/forms.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class OrganisationForm(forms.ModelForm):
 		if self.cleaned_data['add_manager']:
 			# Something was added as manager - let's make sure the user exists
 			try:
-				u = User.objects.get(email=self.cleaned_data['add_manager'])
+				User.objects.get(email=self.cleaned_data['add_manager'])
 			except User.DoesNotExist:
 				raise ValidationError("User with email %s not found" % self.cleaned_data['add_manager'])
 
diff --git a/pgweb/core/views.py b/pgweb/core/views.py
index 826eae92..9369b4e5 100644
--- a/pgweb/core/views.py
+++ b/pgweb/core/views.py
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ def fallback(request, url):
 
 	try:
 		t = loader.get_template('pages/%s.html' % url)
-	except TemplateDoesNotExist, e:
+	except TemplateDoesNotExist:
 		try:
 			t = loader.get_template('pages/%s/en.html' % url)
-		except TemplateDoesNotExist, e:
+		except TemplateDoesNotExist:
 			raise Http404('Page not found.')
 		
 	# Guestimate the nav section by looking at the URL and taking the first
diff --git a/pgweb/downloads/views.py b/pgweb/downloads/views.py
index f45da9a1..6e6b4987 100644
--- a/pgweb/downloads/views.py
+++ b/pgweb/downloads/views.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def uploadftp(request):
 		return HttpServerError("Invalid client address")
 	# We have the data in request.raw_post_data. Attempt to load it as
 	# a pickle to make sure it's properly formatted
-	throwaway = pickle.loads(request.raw_post_data)
+	pickle.loads(request.raw_post_data)
 
 	# Next, check if it's the same as the current file
 	f = open(settings.FTP_PICKLE, "rb")
diff --git a/pgweb/search/views.py b/pgweb/search/views.py
index 46cad38d..ec8900b5 100644
--- a/pgweb/search/views.py
+++ b/pgweb/search/views.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import psycopg2
 import simplejson as json
 import socket
 
-from lists.models import MailingList, MailingListGroup
+from lists.models import MailingList
 
 # Conditionally import memcached library. Everything will work without
 # it, so we allow development installs to run without it...
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def search(request):
 			# behavior not supported on pylibmc in squeeze:: behaviors={'tcp_nodelay':True})
 			try:
 				hits = memc.get(urlstr)
-			except Exception, e:
+			except Exception:
 				# If we had an exception, don't try to store either
 				memc = None
 		if not hits:
diff --git a/pgweb/util/bases.py b/pgweb/util/bases.py
index 133c0ad6..024fbdbc 100644
--- a/pgweb/util/bases.py
+++ b/pgweb/util/bases.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class PgModel(object):
 	def _get_changes_texts(self):
 		try:
 			oldobj = self.__class__.objects.get(pk=self.pk)
-		except self.DoesNotExist, e:
+		except self.DoesNotExist:
 			return ('A new %s has been added' % self._meta.verbose_name, self.full_text_representation())
 		if hasattr(self,'approved'):
 			# This object has the capability to do approving. Apply the following logic:
diff --git a/tools/communityauth/sample/django/auth.py b/tools/communityauth/sample/django/auth.py
index 3f750b4a..88da19f5 100644
--- a/tools/communityauth/sample/django/auth.py
+++ b/tools/communityauth/sample/django/auth.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def auth_receive(request):
 		s = decryptor.decrypt(base64.b64decode(datas, "-_")).rstrip(' ')
 		try:
 			rdata = urlparse.parse_qs(s, strict_parsing=True)
-		except ValueError, e:
+		except ValueError:
 			raise Exception("Invalid encrypted data received.")
 		if rdata.has_key('r'):
 			# Redirect address
diff --git a/tools/search/crawler/lib/parsers.py b/tools/search/crawler/lib/parsers.py
index ef59cadb..b1ad9c53 100644
--- a/tools/search/crawler/lib/parsers.py
+++ b/tools/search/crawler/lib/parsers.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ArchivesParser(object):
 
 		try:
 			self.date = dateutil.parser.parse(d)
-		except ValueError, e:
+		except ValueError:
 			log("Failed to parse date '%s'" % d)
 			return False
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class RobotsParser(object):
 						activeagent = False
 				if activeagent and l.lower().startswith("disallow: "):
 					self.disallows.append(l[10:])
-		except Exception, e:
+		except Exception:
 			self.disallows = []
 
 	def block_url(self, url):