diff --git a/avatar/__init__.py b/avatar/__init__.py
index 7743b94..18fffc3 100644
--- a/avatar/__init__.py
+++ b/avatar/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ except ImportError:
 AUTO_GENERATE_AVATAR_SIZES = getattr(settings, 'AUTO_GENERATE_AVATAR_SIZES', (80,))
 AVATAR_RESIZE_METHOD = getattr(settings, 'AVATAR_RESIZE_METHOD', Image.ANTIALIAS)
 AVATAR_STORAGE_DIR = getattr(settings, 'AVATAR_STORAGE_DIR', 'avatars')
-MAX_MEGABYTES = getattr(settings, 'AVATAR_MAX_FILESIZE', 10)
 AVATAR_GRAVATAR_BACKUP = getattr(settings, 'AVATAR_GRAVATAR_BACKUP', True)
 AVATAR_DEFAULT_URL = getattr(settings, 'AVATAR_DEFAULT_URL', 
     settings.MEDIA_URL + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'default.jpg'))
diff --git a/avatar/views.py b/avatar/views.py
index 69bb0c0..1b817e1 100644
--- a/avatar/views.py
+++ b/avatar/views.py
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-import os
 import os.path
 
 from avatar.models import Avatar, avatar_file_path
 from avatar.forms import PrimaryAvatarForm, DeleteAvatarForm
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, Http404
-from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
-from avatar import MAX_MEGABYTES
-
 def _get_next(request):
     """
     The part that's the least straightforward about views in this module is how they