diff --git a/scikits/learn/linear_model/setup.py b/scikits/learn/linear_model/setup.py
index 707f673a567ac65d838558418db9cb7a641ee4d2..a8f7a079f628ceae4fb0a52ae7bac21dc6848a49 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/linear_model/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/linear_model/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from os.path import join
-import warnings
 import numpy
-import sys
 
 def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
     from numpy.distutils.misc_util import Configuration
-    from numpy.distutils.system_info import get_info, get_standard_file, BlasNotFoundError
+    from numpy.distutils.system_info import get_info
     config = Configuration('linear_model', parent_package, top_path)
 
     # cd fast needs CBLAS
diff --git a/scikits/learn/setup.py b/scikits/learn/setup.py
index b2e940a486a73e66103b892ca5c98c39f2016ef2..2a903f27a20bc5c9b9b1ee5e0062a120e9c24f79 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from os.path import join
 import warnings
 import numpy
-import sys
 
 
 def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
@@ -36,12 +35,7 @@ def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
         ('NO_ATLAS_INFO', 1) in blas_info.get('define_macros', [])):
         config.add_library('cblas',
                            sources=[join('src', 'cblas', '*.c')])
-        cblas_libs = ['cblas']
-        blas_info.pop('libraries', None)
         warnings.warn(BlasNotFoundError.__doc__)
-    else:
-        cblas_libs = blas_info.pop('libraries', [])
-
 
     config.add_extension('ball_tree',
                          sources=[join('src', 'BallTree.cpp')],