diff --git a/kittens/ssh/utils.py b/kittens/ssh/utils.py
index 023c03473..01fc15390 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/utils.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/utils.py
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ def set_cwd_in_cmdline(cwd: str, argv: List[str]) -> None:
 
 
 def create_shared_memory(data: Any, prefix: str) -> str:
-    import json
     import atexit
+    import json
 
-    from kitty.shm import SharedMemory
     from kitty.fast_data_types import get_boss
+    from kitty.shm import SharedMemory
     db = json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8')
     with SharedMemory(size=len(db) + SharedMemory.num_bytes_for_size, prefix=prefix) as shm:
         shm.write_data_with_size(db)
diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index 3a0bcc99d..e66ce94ac 100644
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from gettext import gettext as _
 from gettext import ngettext
 from time import sleep
 from typing import (
-    IO,
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Callable,
diff --git a/kitty/utils.py b/kitty/utils.py
index 8f9354cbd..dbea58464 100644
--- a/kitty/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from .constants import (
 from .fast_data_types import WINDOW_FULLSCREEN, WINDOW_MAXIMIZED, WINDOW_MINIMIZED, WINDOW_NORMAL, Color, Shlex, get_options, monotonic, open_tty
 from .fast_data_types import timed_debug_print as _timed_debug_print
 from .types import run_once
-from .typing import AddressFamily, PopenType, Socket, StartupCtx
+from .typing import AddressFamily, PopenType, StartupCtx
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import tarfile