diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/__init__.py b/linkcheck/checker/__init__.py
index 57f61bc4..aa7c9bee 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Main functions for link checking.
 """
 
 import time
-import locale
 import sys
 import os
 import cgi
diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py b/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
index 25b5babb..01983982 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 Url consumer class.
 """
 
-import sys
 import time
 try:
     import thread
diff --git a/linkcheck/ftests/__init__.py b/linkcheck/ftests/__init__.py
index 73372678..66f0490e 100644
--- a/linkcheck/ftests/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/ftests/__init__.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class StandardTest (unittest.TestCase):
         """
         resultfile = self.get_file(filename+".result")
         d = {'curdir': os.getcwd()}
-        f = codecs.open(resultfile, "r", linkcheck.i18n.default_encoding)
+        f = codecs.open(resultfile, "r", "iso-8859-15")
         resultlines = [line.rstrip('\r\n') % d for line in f \
                        if line.strip() and not line.startswith(u'#')]
         f.close()
diff --git a/linkcheck/logger/__init__.py b/linkcheck/logger/__init__.py
index f180dceb..3bf1e52a 100644
--- a/linkcheck/logger/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/logger/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 Output logging support for different formats.
 """
 
-import locale
 import sys
 import os
 import datetime