diff --git a/scripts/clear_old_metrics.py b/scripts/clear_old_metrics.py
index 9c7b759516..f0505ce9b6 100644
--- a/scripts/clear_old_metrics.py
+++ b/scripts/clear_old_metrics.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import datetime
-import json
 import os
 import shutil
 
-from metricsLib.constants import BASE_PATH, PATH_TO_METRICS_DATA
+from metricsLib.constants import PATH_TO_METRICS_DATA
 
 
 def clear_json_data():
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_public_metrics.py b/scripts/fetch_public_metrics.py
index 806e990b24..93b16e7712 100755
--- a/scripts/fetch_public_metrics.py
+++ b/scripts/fetch_public_metrics.py
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-import datetime
-
-import json
-import os
-import requests
-
-from metricsLib.constants import *
+from metricsLib.constants import SIMPLE_METRICS, ORG_METRICS
 from metricsLib.repos import Repository
 from metricsLib.orgs import GithubOrg
-import re
 
-"""This method serves to iterate through previously collected metric
-data that is associated with a repo and derive the cumulative metric data
-for the whole organization instead of the repository. 
 
-This is mainly to avoid using more api calls than we have to.
-
-Arguments:
-    repo_list: List of all repos with metrics
-    org: The github org to add metrics to
-"""
 def add_info_to_org_from_list_of_repos(repo_list, org):
-     
+    """
+    This method serves to iterate through previously collected metric
+    data that is associated with a repo and derive the cumulative metric data
+    for the whole organization instead of the repository. 
+
+    This is mainly to avoid using more api calls than we have to.
+
+    Arguments:
+        repo_list: List of all repos with metrics
+        org: The github org to add metrics to
+    """
     #Define counts to update based on tracked repositories. 
     org_counts = {"commits_count": 0,
                  "issues_count": 0,
@@ -48,20 +42,6 @@ def add_info_to_org_from_list_of_repos(repo_list, org):
     org.store_metrics(org_counts)
 
 
-"""
-Purpose: repo_data_to_json will convert data from string to json format such that we can 
-access the counts for the desired metrics in a repo
-Input: Requires a repository name defined from graphql_queries
-Returns: json dict of repo data
-"""
-repos = {}
-
-def repo_data_to_json(repositories):
-    for repo in repositories:
-        repo_json = json.loads(repo)
-        repos[repo] = repo_json
-
-
 def get_all_parsed_data(org_name_list, repo_name_list):
 
     all_orgs = []
diff --git a/scripts/metricsLib/constants.py b/scripts/metricsLib/constants.py
index c157374566..68a4628996 100644
--- a/scripts/metricsLib/constants.py
+++ b/scripts/metricsLib/constants.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
-import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from metricsLib import repos
-from metricsLib import orgs
 from metricsLib.metrics import GraphqlMetric, RangeMetric
 
 BASE_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
diff --git a/scripts/metricsLib/repos.py b/scripts/metricsLib/repos.py
index a09790ec22..2218b4dbd0 100644
--- a/scripts/metricsLib/repos.py
+++ b/scripts/metricsLib/repos.py
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
-import os
+import re
 import json
 import requests
-import datetime
-import re
 
-"""This class serves to manage the parameter and metric data of a Repository.
-It stores parameter and metric data in two seperate dictionaries for easy JSON 
-conversion.
 
-Repository's main purpose as a real python class is to encapsulate the mapping
-of the db ids in augur to the repos we are trying to gather metrics for.
 
-Arguments:
-    repo_git_url: Github url
-"""
 class Repository:
+    """
+    This class serves to manage the parameter and metric data of a Repository.
+    It stores parameter and metric data in two seperate dictionaries for easy JSON 
+    conversion.
+    
+    Repository's main purpose as a real python class is to encapsulate the mapping
+    of the db ids in augur to the repos we are trying to gather metrics for.
+    
+    Arguments:
+        repo_git_url: Github url
+    
+    """
     def __init__(self, repo_git_url):
 
         self.url = repo_git_url