diff --git a/GPy/util/datasets.py b/GPy/util/datasets.py
index fa7fd833..8afd1470 100644
--- a/GPy/util/datasets.py
+++ b/GPy/util/datasets.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import os
-import pylab as pb
 import numpy as np
 import GPy
-import scipy.sparse
 import scipy.io
 import cPickle as pickle
 import urllib as url
 import zipfile
 import tarfile
-import gzip
-import zlib
 import datetime