diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/GrepDialog.py b/Lib/idlelib/GrepDialog.py
index 61c77c34938..84cac0ea31a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/GrepDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/GrepDialog.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import string
 import os
-import re
 import fnmatch
 import sys
 from Tkinter import *
-import tkMessageBox
 import SearchEngine
 from SearchDialogBase import SearchDialogBase