diff --git a/core/auto_process/movies.py b/core/auto_process/movies.py
index 76d49b78..4d2a4b2f 100644
--- a/core/auto_process/movies.py
+++ b/core/auto_process/movies.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def get_release(base_url, imdb_id=None, download_id=None, release_id=None):
     # Narrow results by removing old releases by comparing their last_edit field
     if len(results) > 1:
         for id1, x1 in results.items():
-            for id2, x2 in results.items():
+            for x2 in results.values():
                 try:
                     if x2['last_edit'] > x1['last_edit']:
                         results.pop(id1)
diff --git a/core/configuration.py b/core/configuration.py
index 216a1f05..387f9b72 100644
--- a/core/configuration.py
+++ b/core/configuration.py
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ class ConfigObj(configobj.ConfigObj, Section):
 
         subsections = {}
         # gather all new-style and old-style sub-sections
-        for newsection, newitems in CFG_NEW.items():
+        for newsection in CFG_NEW:
             if CFG_NEW[newsection].sections:
                 subsections.update({newsection: CFG_NEW[newsection].sections})
-        for section, items in CFG_OLD.items():
+        for section in CFG_OLD:
             if CFG_OLD[section].sections:
                 subsections.update({section: CFG_OLD[section].sections})
             for option, value in CFG_OLD[section].items():
diff --git a/core/scene_exceptions.py b/core/scene_exceptions.py
index d62df0ba..0b70c52c 100644
--- a/core/scene_exceptions.py
+++ b/core/scene_exceptions.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def reverse_filename(filename, dirname, name):
 
 def rename_script(dirname):
     rename_file = ''
-    for directory, directories, files in os.walk(dirname):
+    for directory, _, files in os.walk(dirname):
         for file in files:
             if re.search(r'(rename\S*\.(sh|bat)$)', file, re.IGNORECASE):
                 rename_file = os.path.join(directory, file)
diff --git a/core/transcoder.py b/core/transcoder.py
index d4b7e2f2..f0047dad 100644
--- a/core/transcoder.py
+++ b/core/transcoder.py
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ def get_subs(file):
     sub_ext = ['.srt', '.sub', '.idx']
     name = os.path.splitext(os.path.split(file)[1])[0]
     path = os.path.split(file)[0]
-    for directory, directories, filenames in os.walk(path):
+    for directory, _, filenames in os.walk(path):
         for filename in filenames:
             filepaths.extend([os.path.join(directory, filename)])
     subfiles = [item for item in filepaths if os.path.splitext(item)[1] in sub_ext and name in item]
diff --git a/core/user_scripts.py b/core/user_scripts.py
index 5d447670..fbc58614 100644
--- a/core/user_scripts.py
+++ b/core/user_scripts.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def external_script(output_destination, torrent_name, torrent_label, settings):
                 logger.info('Corrupt video file found {0}. Deleting.'.format(video), 'USERSCRIPT')
                 os.unlink(video)
 
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(output_destination):
+    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(output_destination):
         for file in filenames:
 
             file_path = core.os.path.join(dirpath, file)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def external_script(output_destination, torrent_name, torrent_label, settings):
                 final_result += result
 
     num_files_new = 0
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(output_destination):
+    for _, _, filenames in os.walk(output_destination):
         for file in filenames:
             file_name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file)
 
diff --git a/core/utils/encoding.py b/core/utils/encoding.py
index ca19e054..cbcc3113 100644
--- a/core/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/core/utils/encoding.py
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ def convert_to_ascii(input_name, dir_name):
         if 'NZBOP_SCRIPTDIR' in os.environ:
             print('[NZB] DIRECTORY={0}'.format(dir_name))
 
-    for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(dir_name, topdown=False):
+    for dirname, dirnames, _ in os.walk(dir_name, topdown=False):
         for subdirname in dirnames:
             encoded, subdirname2 = char_replace(subdirname)
             if encoded:
                 logger.info('Renaming directory to: {0}.'.format(subdirname2), 'ENCODER')
                 os.rename(os.path.join(dirname, subdirname), os.path.join(dirname, subdirname2))
 
-    for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(dir_name):
+    for dirname, _, filenames in os.walk(dir_name):
         for filename in filenames:
             encoded, filename2 = char_replace(filename)
             if encoded:
diff --git a/core/version_check.py b/core/version_check.py
index 23384a44..e7dc5578 100644
--- a/core/version_check.py
+++ b/core/version_check.py
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
             # walk temp folder and move files to main folder
             logger.log(u'Moving files from {source} to {destination}'.format
                        (source=content_dir, destination=core.APP_ROOT))
-            for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(content_dir):  # @UnusedVariable
+            for dirname, _, filenames in os.walk(content_dir):  # @UnusedVariable
                 dirname = dirname[len(content_dir) + 1:]
                 for curfile in filenames:
                     old_path = os.path.join(content_dir, dirname, curfile)