diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackTestCase.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackTestCase.py
index b04342be58c..85ef5423091 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackTestCase.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackTestCase.py
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ def user(Name, DomainName, AcctType):
 class cloudstackTestCase(unittest.case.TestCase):
     clstestclient = None
 
-    def __init__(self, args):
-        unittest.case.TestCase.__init__(self, args)
-
     @classmethod
     def getClsTestClient(cls):
         return cls.clstestclient
diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/marvinPlugin.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/marvinPlugin.py
index f7b0664856c..1c6eb849ef0 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/marvinPlugin.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/marvinPlugin.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import nose.core
 from marvin.cloudstackTestCase import cloudstackTestCase
 from marvin import deployDataCenter
 from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
-from functools import partial
-
 
 class MarvinPlugin(Plugin):
     """