diff --git a/recipes/mediapart.recipe b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
index ab583f4c54..46f1573147 100644
--- a/recipes/mediapart.recipe
+++ b/recipes/mediapart.recipe
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Mediapart(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     date = article.find('time', datetime=True)['datetime']
                     article_date = datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d')
                     # Add French timezone to date of the article for date check
-                    article_date = article_date.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=1)                    
+                    article_date = article_date.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=1)
                     if article_date < self.oldest_article_date:
                         print("article_date < self.oldest_article_date\n")
                         continue
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_dialog.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_dialog.py
index bdbf3f2ea2..f93b2c6fc6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_dialog.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_dialog.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.formatter import SafeFormat
 from calibre.library.coloring import (displayable_columns, color_row_key)
 from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, choose_files, pixmap_to_data
 from calibre.utils.localization import localize_user_manual_link
-from polyglot.builtins import native_string_type, unicode_type
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type
 
 
 class ParenPosition: