diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py b/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
index ac46132687..5515a3eee4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/views.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def load_all_installed_template_libraries():
             libraries = []
         for library_name in libraries:
             try:
-                lib = template.get_library(library_name)
+                template.get_library(library_name)
             except template.InvalidTemplateLibrary:
                 pass
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
index 06aec64636..c4dca38252 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class BasePasswordHasher(object):
             if isinstance(self.library, (tuple, list)):
                 name, mod_path = self.library
             else:
-                name = mod_path = self.library
+                mod_path = self.library
             try:
                 module = importlib.import_module(mod_path)
             except ImportError as e:
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_context_processors.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_context_processors.py
index 9e56cfce85..d1d912eb15 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_context_processors.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_context_processors.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class AuthContextProcessorTests(TestCase):
         #    Exception RuntimeError: 'maximum recursion depth exceeded while
         #    calling a Python object' in <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
         #    ignored"
-        query = Q(user=response.context['user']) & Q(someflag=True)
+        Q(user=response.context['user']) & Q(someflag=True)
 
         # Tests for user equality.  This is hard because User defines
         # equality in a non-duck-typing way
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_forms.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_forms.py
index 154960c8da..ae2ec93428 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class UserChangeFormTest(TestCase):
                 fields = ('groups',)
 
         # Just check we can create it
-        form = MyUserForm({})
+        MyUserForm({})
 
     def test_unsuable_password(self):
         user = User.objects.get(username='empty_password')
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
index a26d477aa0..4820116c68 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class PasswordResetTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
 
     def _test_confirm_start(self):
         # Start by creating the email
-        response = self.client.post('/password_reset/', {'email': 'staffmember@example.com'})
+        self.client.post('/password_reset/', {'email': 'staffmember@example.com'})
         self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 1)
         return self._read_signup_email(mail.outbox[0])
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class ChangePasswordTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
             })
 
     def logout(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/logout/')
+        self.client.get('/logout/')
 
     def test_password_change_fails_with_invalid_old_password(self):
         self.login()
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class ChangePasswordTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
 
     def test_password_change_succeeds(self):
         self.login()
-        response = self.client.post('/password_change/', {
+        self.client.post('/password_change/', {
             'old_password': 'password',
             'new_password1': 'password1',
             'new_password2': 'password1',
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ class LoginTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
 
     def test_login_form_contains_request(self):
         # 15198
-        response = self.client.post('/custom_requestauth_login/', {
+        self.client.post('/custom_requestauth_login/', {
             'username': 'testclient',
             'password': 'password',
         }, follow=True)
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
index d42d957488..1d2838e9b0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/views.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, QueryDict
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
-from django.utils.http import base36_to_int, is_safe_url, urlsafe_base64_decode, urlsafe_base64_encode
+from django.utils.http import is_safe_url, urlsafe_base64_decode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_post_parameters
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_protect
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py b/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
index d2e6987fa0..53b0da6e8e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/preview.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FormPreview(object):
         """
         while 1:
             try:
-                f = self.form.base_fields[name]
+                self.form.base_fields[name]
             except KeyError:
                 break # This field name isn't being used by the form.
             name += '_'
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/wizardtests/forms.py b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/wizardtests/forms.py
index 6a8132971b..dbb0e83d6f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/wizardtests/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/wizardtests/forms.py
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ from django.forms.models import modelformset_factory
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.template import Template, Context
 
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-
 from django.contrib.formtools.wizard.views import WizardView
 
+
 temp_storage_location = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=os.environ.get('DJANGO_TEST_TEMP_DIR'))
 temp_storage = FileSystemStorage(location=temp_storage_location)
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/gis/admin/options.py
index 7e79be1860..3c748b5b80 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/admin/options.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class GeoModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):
         3D editing).
         """
         if isinstance(db_field, models.GeometryField) and db_field.dim < 3:
-            request = kwargs.pop('request', None)
+            kwargs.pop('request', None)
             # Setting the widget with the newly defined widget.
             kwargs['widget'] = self.get_map_widget(db_field)
             return db_field.formfield(**kwargs)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
index d0a5f82033..d13a6ae9db 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import os
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import get_cache
 from django.core.cache.backends.db import BaseDatabaseCache
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db.backends.sqlite3.creation import DatabaseCreation
 
+
 class SpatiaLiteCreation(DatabaseCreation):
 
     def create_test_db(self, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False):
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ class SpatiaLiteCreation(DatabaseCreation):
             interactive=False,
             database=self.connection.alias)
 
-        from django.core.cache import get_cache
-        from django.core.cache.backends.db import BaseDatabaseCache
         for cache_alias in settings.CACHES:
             cache = get_cache(cache_alias)
             if isinstance(cache, BaseDatabaseCache):
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SpatiaLiteCreation(DatabaseCreation):
 
         # Get a cursor (even though we don't need one yet). This has
         # the side effect of initializing the test database.
-        cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        self.connection.cursor()
 
         return test_database_name
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
index d75e8cd288..c5a87f40e0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class OGRGeometry(GDALBase):
             else:
                 # Seeing if the input is a valid short-hand string
                 # (e.g., 'Point', 'POLYGON').
-                ogr_t = OGRGeomType(geom_input)
+                OGRGeomType(geom_input)
                 g = capi.create_geom(OGRGeomType(geom_input).num)
         elif isinstance(geom_input, memoryview):
             # WKB was passed in
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class OGRGeometry(GDALBase):
         sz = self.wkb_size
         # Creating the unsigned character buffer, and passing it in by reference.
         buf = (c_ubyte * sz)()
-        wkb = capi.to_wkb(self.ptr, byteorder, byref(buf))
+        capi.to_wkb(self.ptr, byteorder, byref(buf))
         # Returning a buffer of the string at the pointer.
         return memoryview(string_at(buf, sz))
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_envelope.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_envelope.py
index 14258ff816..4644fbc533 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_envelope.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_envelope.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ class EnvelopeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test01_init(self):
         "Testing Envelope initilization."
         e1 = Envelope((0, 0, 5, 5))
-        e2 = Envelope(0, 0, 5, 5)
-        e3 = Envelope(0, '0', '5', 5) # Thanks to ww for this
-        e4 = Envelope(e1._envelope)
+        Envelope(0, 0, 5, 5)
+        Envelope(0, '0', '5', 5) # Thanks to ww for this
+        Envelope(e1._envelope)
         self.assertRaises(OGRException, Envelope, (5, 5, 0, 0))
         self.assertRaises(OGRException, Envelope, 5, 5, 0, 0)
         self.assertRaises(OGRException, Envelope, (0, 0, 5, 5, 3))
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
index 74b1e894e1..41e7555ab3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_geom.py
@@ -25,15 +25,12 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
         "Testing OGRGeomType object."
 
         # OGRGeomType should initialize on all these inputs.
-        try:
-            g = OGRGeomType(1)
-            g = OGRGeomType(7)
-            g = OGRGeomType('point')
-            g = OGRGeomType('GeometrycollectioN')
-            g = OGRGeomType('LINearrING')
-            g = OGRGeomType('Unknown')
-        except:
-            self.fail('Could not create an OGRGeomType object!')
+        OGRGeomType(1)
+        OGRGeomType(7)
+        OGRGeomType('point')
+        OGRGeomType('GeometrycollectioN')
+        OGRGeomType('LINearrING')
+        OGRGeomType('Unknown')
 
         # Should throw TypeError on this input
         self.assertRaises(OGRException, OGRGeomType, 23)
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
     def test02_points(self):
         "Testing Point objects."
 
-        prev = OGRGeometry('POINT(0 0)')
+        OGRGeometry('POINT(0 0)')
         for p in self.geometries.points:
             if not hasattr(p, 'z'): # No 3D
                 pnt = OGRGeometry(p.wkt)
@@ -243,7 +240,7 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
         poly = OGRGeometry('POLYGON((0 0, 5 0, 5 5, 0 5), (1 1, 2 1, 2 2, 2 1))')
         self.assertEqual(8, poly.point_count)
         with self.assertRaises(OGRException):
-            _ = poly.centroid
+            poly.centroid
 
         poly.close_rings()
         self.assertEqual(10, poly.point_count) # Two closing points should've been added
@@ -251,7 +248,7 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
 
     def test08_multipolygons(self):
         "Testing MultiPolygon objects."
-        prev = OGRGeometry('POINT(0 0)')
+        OGRGeometry('POINT(0 0)')
         for mp in self.geometries.multipolygons:
             mpoly = OGRGeometry(mp.wkt)
             self.assertEqual(6, mpoly.geom_type)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_srs.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_srs.py
index cacff4be04..33941458c8 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_srs.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/tests/test_srs.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SpatialRefTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test01_wkt(self):
         "Testing initialization on valid OGC WKT."
         for s in srlist:
-            srs = SpatialReference(s.wkt)
+            SpatialReference(s.wkt)
 
     def test02_bad_wkt(self):
         "Testing initialization on invalid WKT."
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class SpatialRefTest(unittest.TestCase):
         target = SpatialReference('WGS84')
         for s in srlist:
             if s.proj:
-                ct = CoordTransform(SpatialReference(s.wkt), target)
+                CoordTransform(SpatialReference(s.wkt), target)
 
     def test13_attr_value(self):
         "Testing the attr_value() method."
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geoip/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/geoip/base.py
index d4793a2ae9..c6e27866db 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geoip/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geoip/base.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ free_regex = re.compile(r'^GEO-\d{3}FREE')
 lite_regex = re.compile(r'^GEO-\d{3}LITE')
 
 #### GeoIP classes ####
-class GeoIPException(Exception): pass
+class GeoIPException(Exception):
+    pass
 
 class GeoIP(object):
     # The flags for GeoIP memory caching.
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py
index b088ec2dc4..7021ed1866 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/geometry.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from django.contrib.gis.geos.base import GEOSBase, gdal
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.coordseq import GEOSCoordSeq
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.error import GEOSException, GEOSIndexError
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import GEOM_PTR, GEOS_PREPARE
-from django.contrib.gis.geos.mutable_list import ListMixin
 
 # All other functions in this module come from the ctypes
 # prototypes module -- which handles all interaction with
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
index 900a0adb40..87aba723b9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -124,24 +124,16 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
             self.assertEqual(hexewkb_3d, pnt_3d.hexewkb)
             self.assertEqual(True, GEOSGeometry(hexewkb_3d).hasz)
         else:
-            try:
-                hexewkb = pnt_3d.hexewkb
-            except GEOSException:
-                pass
-            else:
-                self.fail('Should have raised GEOSException.')
+            with self.assertRaises(GEOSException):
+                pnt_3d.hexewkb
 
         # Same for EWKB.
         self.assertEqual(memoryview(a2b_hex(hexewkb_2d)), pnt_2d.ewkb)
         if GEOS_PREPARE:
             self.assertEqual(memoryview(a2b_hex(hexewkb_3d)), pnt_3d.ewkb)
         else:
-            try:
-                ewkb = pnt_3d.ewkb
-            except GEOSException:
-                pass
-            else:
-                self.fail('Should have raised GEOSException')
+            with self.assertRaises(GEOSException):
+                pnt_3d.ewkb
 
         # Redundant sanity check.
         self.assertEqual(4326, GEOSGeometry(hexewkb_2d).srid)
@@ -158,7 +150,7 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase, TestDataMixin):
         # string-based
         for err in self.geometries.errors:
             with self.assertRaises((GEOSException, ValueError)):
-                _ = fromstr(err.wkt)
+                fromstr(err.wkt)
 
         # Bad WKB
         self.assertRaises(GEOSException, GEOSGeometry, memoryview(b'0'))
diff --git a/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py b/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
index 38d8154ac9..967254dfac 100644
--- a/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
+++ b/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.core import signals
 from django.core.handlers import base
 from django.core.urlresolvers import set_script_prefix
 from django.utils import datastructures
-from django.utils.encoding import force_str, force_text, iri_to_uri
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 
 # For backwards compatibility -- lots of code uses this in the wild!
 from django.http.response import REASON_PHRASES as STATUS_CODE_TEXT