diff --git a/testcases/lib/i3test.pm b/testcases/lib/i3test.pm
index cf29d7b9..7eea384d 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/i3test.pm
+++ b/testcases/lib/i3test.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use List::MoreUtils qw(lastval);
 use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);
 use Try::Tiny;
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);
-use Proc::Background;
 use SocketActivation;
 
 use v5.10;
diff --git a/testcases/t/59-socketpaths.t b/testcases/t/59-socketpaths.t
index 7587aeab..eb6bd79f 100644
--- a/testcases/t/59-socketpaths.t
+++ b/testcases/t/59-socketpaths.t
@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@
 # Tests if the various ipc_socket_path options are correctly handled
 #
 use i3test;
-use Cwd qw(abs_path);
-use Proc::Background;
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile tempdir);
 use POSIX qw(getuid);
 use v5.10;
 
-# assuming we are run by complete-run.pl
-my $i3_path = abs_path("../i3");
-
 #####################################################################
 # default case: socket will be created in /tmp/i3-<username>/ipc-socket.<pid>
 #####################################################################
diff --git a/testcases/t/71-config-migrate.t b/testcases/t/71-config-migrate.t
index 561538e5..7948db6c 100644
--- a/testcases/t/71-config-migrate.t
+++ b/testcases/t/71-config-migrate.t
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 #
 use i3test;
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);
-use Proc::Background;
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile tempdir);
-use POSIX qw(getuid);
-use Data::Dumper;
 use v5.10;
 
 # reads in a whole file