diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 9fad6de20..8297aa816 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import base64
 import hashlib
 import binascii
 import os
-import random
 import secrets
 
 
diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index b24a0ddc7..9007ed3b6 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             except BaseException:
                 pass
         if not etag:
-            etag = sha1(data).hexdigest() # nosec
+            etag = sha1(data).hexdigest()  # nosec
             try:
                 with open(mediaFilename + '.etag', 'w') as etagFile:
                     etagFile.write(etag)
@@ -5098,7 +5098,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     else:
                         with open(mediaFilename, 'rb') as avFile:
                             mediaBinary = avFile.read()
-                            etag = sha1(mediaBinary).hexdigest() # nosec
+                            etag = sha1(mediaBinary).hexdigest()  # nosec
                             try:
                                 with open(mediaTagFilename, 'w') as etagFile:
                                     etagFile.write(etag)
diff --git a/media.py b/media.py
index dcc6ca9e5..4afa96571 100644
--- a/media.py
+++ b/media.py
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ def removeMetaData(imageFilename: str, outputFilename: str) -> None:
         return
     if os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/exiftool'):
         print('Removing metadata from ' + outputFilename + ' using exiftool')
-        os.system('exiftool -all= ' + outputFilename) # nosec
+        os.system('exiftool -all= ' + outputFilename)  # nosec
     elif os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/mogrify'):
         print('Removing metadata from ' + outputFilename + ' using mogrify')
-        os.system('/usr/bin/mogrify -strip ' + outputFilename) # nosec
+        os.system('/usr/bin/mogrify -strip ' + outputFilename)  # nosec
 
 
 def getImageHash(imageFilename: str) -> str:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def updateEtag(mediaFilename: str) -> None:
     if not data:
         return
     # calculate hash
-    etag = sha1(data).hexdigest() # nosec
+    etag = sha1(data).hexdigest()  # nosec
     # save the hash
     try:
         with open(mediaFilename + '.etag', 'w') as etagFile:
diff --git a/person.py b/person.py
index eab69cd8b..2196b68b3 100644
--- a/person.py
+++ b/person.py
@@ -153,16 +153,14 @@ def randomizeActorImages(personJson: {}) -> None:
     existingExtension = lastPartOfFilename.split('.')[1]
     # NOTE: these files don't need to have cryptographically
     # secure names
+    randStr = str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999))  # nosec
     personJson['icon']['url'] = \
-        personId + '/avatar' + \
-        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + \ # nosec
-        '.' + existingExtension
+        personId + '/avatar' + randStr + '.' + existingExtension
     lastPartOfFilename = personJson['image']['url'].split('/')[-1]
     existingExtension = lastPartOfFilename.split('.')[1]
+    randStr = str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999))  # nosec
     personJson['image']['url'] = \
-        personId + '/image' + \
-        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + \ # nosec
-        '.' + existingExtension
+        personId + '/image' + randStr + '.' + existingExtension
 
 
 def createPersonBase(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str, port: int,
@@ -206,11 +204,11 @@ def createPersonBase(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str, port: int,
 
     imageUrl = \
         personId + '/image' + \
-        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + '.png' # nosec
+        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + '.png'  # nosec
 
     iconUrl = \
         personId + '/avatar' + \
-        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + '.png' # nosec
+        str(randint(10000000000000, 99999999999999)) + '.png'  # nosec
 
     contextDict = {
         'Emoji': 'toot:Emoji',
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 69a882f48..c53811f26 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1099,9 +1099,8 @@ def siteIsActive(url: str) -> bool:
         return False
     try:
         req = urllib.request.Request(url)
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as res: # nosec
-            # testStr = response.read()
-            return True
+        urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10)  # nosec
+        return True
     except SocketError as e:
         if e.errno == errno.ECONNRESET:
             print('WARN: connection was reset during siteIsActive')