diff --git a/greg/management/commands/start_notification_publisher.py b/greg/management/commands/start_notification_publisher.py
index 2a76532e07e0399cba5148506c6ae7d06b1b1e7b..b73d26fc78034753b04423f595041b2887eed2e5 100644
--- a/greg/management/commands/start_notification_publisher.py
+++ b/greg/management/commands/start_notification_publisher.py
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-import logging
-import sys
 import json
+import logging
 import signal
+import sys
 
 import daemon
-from daemon import pidfile
 import lockfile
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
-
-from greg.models import Notification
-from greg.api.serializers import get_serializer
+from daemon import pidfile
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from pika_context_manager import PCM
 
-from django.conf import settings
+from greg.api.serializers import get_serializer
+from greg.models import Notification
 
 logging.config.dictConfig(settings.LOGGING)
 logger = logging.getLogger()
diff --git a/greg/management/commands/stop_notification_publisher.py b/greg/management/commands/stop_notification_publisher.py
index f2af46750571a1ff6e1779f124f3782f8b7efccc..95e419584901f48b5d33f13585d8f55595109aab 100644
--- a/greg/management/commands/stop_notification_publisher.py
+++ b/greg/management/commands/stop_notification_publisher.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import argparse
-import datetime
-import signal
 import os
-
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+import signal
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):