diff --git a/django/bin/compile-messages.py b/django/bin/compile-messages.py
index 7e5be279f6..c81a2caa29 100755
--- a/django/bin/compile-messages.py
+++ b/django/bin/compile-messages.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ def compile_messages():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(basedir):
-        for file in filenames:
-            if file.endswith('.po'):
-                sys.stderr.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (file, dirpath))
-                pf = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(dirpath, file))[0]
+        for f in filenames:
+            if f.endswith('.po'):
+                sys.stderr.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (f, dirpath))
+                pf = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(dirpath, f))[0]
                 cmd = 'msgfmt -o "%s.mo" "%s.po"' % (pf, pf)
                 os.system(cmd)
 
diff --git a/django/bin/unique-messages.py b/django/bin/unique-messages.py
index c85561ca29..e29f2b8deb 100755
--- a/django/bin/unique-messages.py
+++ b/django/bin/unique-messages.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import getopt
 
 def unique_messages():
     basedir = None
@@ -16,10 +15,10 @@ def unique_messages():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(basedir):
-        for file in filenames:
-            if file.endswith('.po'):
-                sys.stderr.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (file, dirpath))
-                pf = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(dirpath, file))[0]
+        for f in filenames:
+            if f.endswith('.po'):
+                sys.stderr.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (f, dirpath))
+                pf = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(dirpath, f))[0]
                 cmd = 'msguniq "%s.po"' % pf
                 stdout = os.popen(cmd)
                 msg = stdout.read()
diff --git a/django/utils/html.py b/django/utils/html.py
index 9e239cad1f..6c9779a156 100644
--- a/django/utils/html.py
+++ b/django/utils/html.py
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ DOTS = ['·', '*', '\xe2\x80\xa2', '•', '•', '•']
 unencoded_ampersands_re = re.compile(r'&(?!(\w+|#\d+);)')
 word_split_re = re.compile(r'(\s+)')
 punctuation_re = re.compile('^(?P<lead>(?:%s)*)(?P<middle>.*?)(?P<trail>(?:%s)*)$' % \
-    ('|'.join([re.escape(p) for p in LEADING_PUNCTUATION]),
-    '|'.join([re.escape(p) for p in TRAILING_PUNCTUATION])))
+    ('|'.join([re.escape(x) for x in LEADING_PUNCTUATION]),
+    '|'.join([re.escape(x) for x in TRAILING_PUNCTUATION])))
 simple_email_re = re.compile(r'^\S+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$')
 link_target_attribute_re = re.compile(r'(<a [^>]*?)target=[^\s>]+')
 html_gunk_re = re.compile(r'(?:<br clear="all">|<i><\/i>|<b><\/b>|<em><\/em>|<strong><\/strong>|<\/?smallcaps>|<\/?uppercase>)', re.IGNORECASE)
-hard_coded_bullets_re = re.compile(r'((?:<p>(?:%s).*?[a-zA-Z].*?</p>\s*)+)' % '|'.join([re.escape(d) for d in DOTS]), re.DOTALL)
+hard_coded_bullets_re = re.compile(r'((?:<p>(?:%s).*?[a-zA-Z].*?</p>\s*)+)' % '|'.join([re.escape(x) for x in DOTS]), re.DOTALL)
 trailing_empty_content_re = re.compile(r'(?:<p>(?:&nbsp;|\s|<br \/>)*?</p>\s*)+\Z')
+del x # Temporary variable
 
 def escape(html):
     "Returns the given HTML with ampersands, quotes and carets encoded"
diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index 674d4e4bfd..bde60ee58e 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponseServerError, HttpResponseNotFound
-import inspect, os, re, sys
+import os, re
 from itertools import count, izip
 from os.path import dirname, join as pathjoin
 
diff --git a/django/views/i18n.py b/django/views/i18n.py
index c00273fdcc..2f3b2b2d31 100644
--- a/django/views/i18n.py
+++ b/django/views/i18n.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import re
-import os
-
-import gettext as gettext_module
-
 from django.utils import httpwrappers
 from django.utils.translation import check_for_language, activate, to_locale, get_language
 from django.utils.text import javascript_quote
 from django.conf import settings
+import os
+import gettext as gettext_module
 
 def set_language(request):
     """
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@ def javascript_catalog(request, domain='djangojs', packages=None):
         for path in paths:
             try:
                 catalog = gettext_module.translation(domain, path, [default_locale])
-            except IOError, e:
+            except IOError:
                 catalog = None
             if catalog is not None:
                 t.update(catalog._catalog)
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ def javascript_catalog(request, domain='djangojs', packages=None):
         for path in paths:
             try:
                 catalog = gettext_module.translation(domain, path, [locale])
-            except IOError, e:
+            except IOError:
                 catalog = None
             if catalog is not None:
                 t.update(catalog._catalog)