diff --git a/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py b/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
index cd326412a5..621a9855a2 100644
--- a/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
+++ b/openpype/tools/publisher/control.py
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import copy
-import inspect
 import logging
 import traceback
 import collections
 
-import weakref
-try:
-    from weakref import WeakMethod
-except Exception:
-    from openpype.lib.python_2_comp import WeakMethod
-
 import pyblish.api
 
 from openpype.client import get_assets