diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/all_actions.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/all_actions.py
index 2c436cc48a..22d6a04dda 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/all_actions.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/all_actions.py
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ class AllGUIActions(InterfaceAction):
                         add_action(sm, name)
             else:
                 for name in names:
-                    act = self.gui.iactions[name]
                     add_action(m, name)
 
         # Add a named section for builtin actions if user plugins are installed.
@@ -190,4 +189,3 @@ class AllGUIActions(InterfaceAction):
         for m in action.qaction.menu().actions():
             menu.addAction(m)
         show_menu_under_widget(self.gui, menu, self.qaction, self.name)
-
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/sort.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/sort.py
index 864bc29ed0..43db92aebc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/sort.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/sort.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from qt.core import (
     QListWidgetItem, QMenu, QSize, Qt, QToolButton, QVBoxLayout, pyqtSignal,
 )
 
-from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction, show_menu_under_widget, toolbar_widgets_for_action
+from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction, show_menu_under_widget
 from calibre.library.field_metadata import category_icon_map
 from calibre.utils.icu import primary_sort_key
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems