diff --git a/recipes/aeon.recipe.py b/recipes/aeon.recipe.py
index 0a8c519a..18abe42b 100644
--- a/recipes/aeon.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/aeon.recipe.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@
 sys.path.append(os.environ["recipes_includes"])
 from recipes_shared import BasicNewsrackRecipe, format_title, get_date_format
 
-from calibre.web.feeds import Feed
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, prefixed_classes
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 
diff --git a/recipes/fivebooks.recipe.py b/recipes/fivebooks.recipe.py
index dad36185..1ae3c8a7 100644
--- a/recipes/fivebooks.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/fivebooks.recipe.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """
 fivebooks.com
 """
-import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
diff --git a/recipes/ft-paper.recipe.py b/recipes/ft-paper.recipe.py
index 6cd28e83..53212275 100644
--- a/recipes/ft-paper.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/ft-paper.recipe.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """
 # Original from https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/902e80ec173bc40037efb164031043994044ec6c/recipes/financial_times_print_edition.recipe
 
-import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
diff --git a/recipes/ft.recipe.py b/recipes/ft.recipe.py
index a7935761..5b86a92c 100644
--- a/recipes/ft.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/ft.recipe.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """
 ft.com
 """
-import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
diff --git a/recipes/london-review.recipe.py b/recipes/london-review.recipe.py
index b0b2beae..5517f858 100644
--- a/recipes/london-review.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/london-review.recipe.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2019, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 # Original at: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/640ca33197ea2c7772278183b3f77701009bb733/recipes/lrb.recipe
 
-import json
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
diff --git a/recipes/smithsonian-magazine.recipe.py b/recipes/smithsonian-magazine.recipe.py
index 76da1e64..41e90d0b 100644
--- a/recipes/smithsonian-magazine.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/smithsonian-magazine.recipe.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import sys
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
diff --git a/recipes/sydney-morning-herald.recipe.py b/recipes/sydney-morning-herald.recipe.py
index cace73f0..32a13d10 100644
--- a/recipes/sydney-morning-herald.recipe.py
+++ b/recipes/sydney-morning-herald.recipe.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 __license__ = "GPL v3"
 __copyright__ = "2010-2011, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>"
 
-import json
 import os
 import sys