diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 0c05449cb6d4b4cc841480e394eb5cc0ded93180..1943de485282bd2c3158770743f65c1c6562ab8f 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from qapi import *
-import re
 
 
 def gen_command_decl(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type):
@@ -84,7 +83,8 @@ static void qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(%(c_type)s ret_in, QObject **ret_out,
 
 
 def gen_marshal_proto(name):
-    return 'void qmp_marshal_%s(QDict *args, QObject **ret, Error **errp)' % c_name(name)
+    return ('void qmp_marshal_%s(QDict *args, QObject **ret, Error **errp)'
+            % c_name(name))
 
 
 def gen_marshal_decl(name):
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def gen_register_command(name, success_response):
         options = 'QCO_NO_SUCCESS_RESP'
 
     ret = mcgen('''
-    qmp_register_command(cmds, "%(name)s", 
+    qmp_register_command(cmds, "%(name)s",
                          qmp_marshal_%(c_name)s, %(opts)s);
 ''',
                 name=name, c_name=c_name(name),
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index 3d3936e4d0a6bf8d9a39b275f7809cd81670bfd8..5737aefa05d02e440cf87a853cb577d8ed517d0c 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from qapi import *
-import re
 
 
 def gen_visit_decl(name, scalar=False):
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index b798ae47b206feea4f62f3c84b4070cfe00a9299..d19300d657c069693e627d7273e1264bd577c5f1 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
-import re
-from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 import errno
 import getopt
 import os
-import sys
+import re
 import string
+import sys
+from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 
 builtin_types = {
     'str':      'QTYPE_QSTRING',
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
         tag_member = None
         if isinstance(base, dict):
             base = (self._make_implicit_object_type(
-                    name, info, doc, 'base', self._make_members(base, info)))
+                name, info, doc, 'base', self._make_members(base, info)))
         if tag_name:
             variants = [self._make_variant(key, value)
                         for (key, value) in data.iteritems()]