diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index 9a345500f8..8711dad7e6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         ret = 0
 
         for x in ('lxml', 'calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup', 'uuid',
-            'calibre.utils.terminal', 'calibre.utils.magick', 'PIL', 'Image',
+            'calibre.utils.terminal', 'calibre.utils.img', 'PIL', 'Image',
             'sqlite3', 'mechanize', 'httplib', 'xml', 'inspect', 'urllib',
             'calibre.utils.date', 'calibre.utils.config', 'platform',
             'calibre.utils.zipfile', 'calibre.utils.formatter',
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 4f35f1c805..338a4f0ad3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -1035,13 +1035,12 @@ def sanitize_env_vars():
     is needed to prevent library conflicts when launching external utilities.'''
 
     if islinux and isfrozen:
-        env_vars = {'LD_LIBRARY_PATH':'/lib', 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH':'/lib/qt_plugins', 'MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH':None, 'MAGICK_CODER_FILTER_PATH':None}
+        env_vars = {'LD_LIBRARY_PATH':'/lib', 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH':'/lib/qt_plugins'}
     elif iswindows:
-        env_vars = {k:None for k in 'MAGICK_HOME MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH MAGICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH QT_PLUGIN_PATH'.split()}
+        env_vars = {k:None for k in 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH'.split()}
     elif isosx:
         env_vars = {k:None for k in (
-                    'FONTCONFIG_FILE FONTCONFIG_PATH MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH'
-                    ' MAGICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH QT_PLUGIN_PATH SSL_CERT_FILE').split()}
+                    'FONTCONFIG_FILE FONTCONFIG_PATH QT_PLUGIN_PATH SSL_CERT_FILE').split()}
     else:
         env_vars = {}
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
index 195c5eaaca..2738f78b75 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py
@@ -4314,8 +4314,7 @@ class CatalogBuilder(object):
         """ Create thumbnail of cover or return previously cached thumb.
 
         Test thumb archive for currently cached cover. Return cached version, or create
-        and cache new version. Uses calibre.utils.magick.draw to generate thumbnail from
-        cover.
+        and cache new version.
 
         Args:
          title (dict): book metadata
diff --git a/src/calibre/test_build.py b/src/calibre/test_build.py
index e39dfdf49c..51bdf93cad 100644
--- a/src/calibre/test_build.py
+++ b/src/calibre/test_build.py
@@ -204,13 +204,6 @@ def test_wpd():
         wpd.uninit()
     fprint('WPD OK!')
 
-def test_magick():
-    from calibre.utils.magick import create_canvas, qimage_to_magick
-    i = create_canvas(100, 100)
-    img = i.to_qimage()
-    i = qimage_to_magick(img)
-    fprint('magick OK!')
-
 def test_tokenizer():
     fprint('Testing tinycss tokenizer')
     from tinycss.tokenizer import c_tokenize_flat
@@ -301,7 +294,6 @@ def test():
     test_qt()
     test_html5lib()
     test_regex()
-    test_magick()
     test_tokenizer()
     test_netifaces()
     test_psutil()