diff --git a/regolith/builders/beamplanbuilder.py b/regolith/builders/beamplanbuilder.py
index 56111101c..5d5c254c2 100644
--- a/regolith/builders/beamplanbuilder.py
+++ b/regolith/builders/beamplanbuilder.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 class BeamPlanBuilder(LatexBuilderBase):
     """
-    Build a file of experiment plans for the beamtime from database entries. 
-    
+    Build a file of experiment plans for the beamtime from database entries.
+
     The report is in the '.tex' file. The template of the file is in the
     'templates/beamplan.tex'. The data will be grouped
     according to beamtime. Each beamtime will generate a file of the plans.
diff --git a/regolith/chained_db.py b/regolith/chained_db.py
index 2af62ecc0..d823920f5 100644
--- a/regolith/chained_db.py
+++ b/regolith/chained_db.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         if key not in self:
             super().__setitem__(key, value)
         else:
-            res = None
-            results = []
             # Try to get all the data from all the mappings
             for mapping in reversed(self.maps):
                 if key in mapping:
diff --git a/regolith/commands.py b/regolith/commands.py
index 921e36cb7..7d9b51eba 100644
--- a/regolith/commands.py
+++ b/regolith/commands.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
 def add_cmd(rc):
     """Adds documents to a collection in a database."""
-    db = rc.client[rc.db]
-    coll = db[rc.coll]
     docs = [json.loads(doc) if isinstance(doc, string_types) else doc for doc in rc.documents]
     rc.client.insert_many(rc.db, rc.coll, docs)
 
diff --git a/regolith/emailer.py b/regolith/emailer.py
index e82d6b20a..345b40569 100644
--- a/regolith/emailer.py
+++ b/regolith/emailer.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def grade_email(rc):
 
 def class_email(rc):
     """Sends an email to all students in the active classes."""
-    gradedir = os.path.join(rc.builddir, GradeReportBuilder.btype)
     addresses = {x["_id"]: x["email"] for x in list(all_docs_from_collection(rc.client, "students"))}
     messages = []
     for course in all_docs_from_collection(rc.client, "courses"):
diff --git a/regolith/helper_connect_main.py b/regolith/helper_connect_main.py
index 5fe16592e..70e609b0e 100644
--- a/regolith/helper_connect_main.py
+++ b/regolith/helper_connect_main.py
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@
 
 from regolith.database import connect
 
-from regolith import commands, __version__
-from regolith import storage
+from regolith import __version__
 from regolith.helper import HELPERS
 from regolith.runcontrol import DEFAULT_RC, load_rcfile, filter_databases
 from regolith.schemas import SCHEMAS
 from regolith.tools import update_schemas
 from regolith.commands import CONNECTED_COMMANDS
 
-from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser
-
 
 NEED_RC = set(CONNECTED_COMMANDS.keys())
 NEED_RC |= {"rc", "deploy", "store"}