diff --git a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
index 9790334c..bc30e4af 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class LoraxTemplateRunner(object):
                 # log the "ErrorType: this is what happened" line
                 logger.error("  " + exclines[-1].strip())
                 # and log the entire traceback to the debug log
-                for line in ''.join(exclines).splitlines():
-                    logger.debug("  " + line)
+                for l in ''.join(exclines).splitlines():
+                    logger.debug("  " + l)
                 if self.fatalerrors:
                     raise
 
diff --git a/tests/pylorax/test_crossdomain.py b/tests/pylorax/test_crossdomain.py
index deb5eca8..d3a585b1 100644
--- a/tests/pylorax/test_crossdomain.py
+++ b/tests/pylorax/test_crossdomain.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-import inspect
 import unittest
 from flask import Flask
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ class CrossdomainTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # when attach_to_all is False the decorator will not assign
         # the Access-Control-* headers to the response
-        for header, value in response.headers:
+        for header, _ in response.headers:
             self.assertFalse(header.startswith('Access-Control-'))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pylorax/test_server.py b/tests/pylorax/test_server.py
index 24b7f463..ab2d1696 100644
--- a/tests/pylorax/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/pylorax/test_server.py
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ class ServerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
         self.assertTrue(len(response.data) > 1024)
         # look for some well known strings inside the documentation
-        self.assertRegexpMatches(response.data, "Lorax [\d.]+ documentation")
-        self.assertRegexpMatches(response.data, "Copyright \d+, Red Hat, Inc.")
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(response.data, r"Lorax [\d.]+ documentation")
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(response.data, r"Copyright \d+, Red Hat, Inc.")
 
     def test_api_docs(self):
         """Test the /api/docs/"""
diff --git a/tests/pylorax/test_workspace.py b/tests/pylorax/test_workspace.py
index 28aa807d..6313e7fd 100644
--- a/tests/pylorax/test_workspace.py
+++ b/tests/pylorax/test_workspace.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class WorkspaceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # The recipe was written by the workspace_write test.
         with self.assertRaises(recipes.RecipeFileError):
             with mock.patch('pylorax.api.workspace.recipe_from_toml', side_effect=IOError('TESTING')):
-                recipe = workspace_read(self.repo, "master", "http-server")
+                workspace_read(self.repo, "master", "http-server")
 
     def test_05_workspace_delete(self):
         """Test the workspace_delete function"""