diff --git a/weboob/backends/mangatoshokan/backend.py b/weboob/backends/mangatoshokan/backend.py
index f746ebfa..f1a0d7ea 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/mangatoshokan/backend.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/mangatoshokan/backend.py
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
-
 import re
 
 from weboob.capabilities.gallery import ICapGallery, BaseGallery, BaseImage
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ class MangatoshokanBackend(BaseBackend, ICapGallery):
         match = re.match(r'(?:(?:.+mangatoshokan.com/read)?/)?([^/]+(?:/[^/]+)*)', _id)
         if match is None:
             return None
-        
+
         _id = match.group(1)
 
         gallery = BaseGallery(_id, url=('http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/%s' % _id))
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ class MangatoshokanBackend(BaseBackend, ICapGallery):
             return gallery
 
     def fill_gallery(self, gallery, fields):
-        gallery.title = gallery.id 
+        gallery.title = gallery.id
 
     def fill_image(self, image, fields):
         with self.browser:
diff --git a/weboob/backends/phpbb/pages/forum.py b/weboob/backends/phpbb/pages/forum.py
index 647d747e..d83ae5f3 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/phpbb/pages/forum.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/phpbb/pages/forum.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TopicPage(PhpBBPage):
 
         try:
             url = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'h2 a', 1).attrib['href']
-        except BrokenPageError, e:
+        except BrokenPageError:
             url = self.url
         v = urlsplit(url)
         args = parse_qs(v.query)
diff --git a/weboob/backends/simplyreadit/backend.py b/weboob/backends/simplyreadit/backend.py
index 18e0ec32..f1ea3a82 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/simplyreadit/backend.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/simplyreadit/backend.py
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
-
 import re
 
 from weboob.capabilities.gallery import ICapGallery, BaseGallery, BaseImage
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ class SimplyreaditBackend(BaseBackend, ICapGallery):
         match = re.match(r'(?:(?:.+symplyread.it/reader/read/)?/)?([^/]+(?:/[^/]+)*)', _id)
         if match is None:
             return None
-        
+
         _id = match.group(1)
 
         gallery = BaseGallery(_id, url=('http://www.simplyread.it/reader/read/%s' % _id))
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ class SimplyreaditBackend(BaseBackend, ICapGallery):
             return gallery
 
     def fill_gallery(self, gallery, fields):
-        gallery.title = gallery.id 
+        gallery.title = gallery.id
 
     def fill_image(self, image, fields):
         with self.browser: