diff --git a/tests/test_sns/test_publishing_boto3.py b/tests/test_sns/test_publishing_boto3.py
index 9a2403034..6ea29c986 100644
--- a/tests/test_sns/test_publishing_boto3.py
+++ b/tests/test_sns/test_publishing_boto3.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
 
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qs
-
 import boto3
 import re
 from freezegun import freeze_time
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@ import sure  # noqa
 import responses
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from moto import mock_sns, mock_sqs
-from freezegun import freeze_time
 
 
 MESSAGE_FROM_SQS_TEMPLATE = '{\n  "Message": "%s",\n  "MessageId": "%s",\n  "Signature": "EXAMPLElDMXvB8r9R83tGoNn0ecwd5UjllzsvSvbItzfaMpN2nk5HVSw7XnOn/49IkxDKz8YrlH2qJXj2iZB0Zo2O71c4qQk1fMUDi3LGpij7RCW7AW9vYYsSqIKRnFS94ilu7NFhUzLiieYr4BKHpdTmdD6c0esKEYBpabxDSc=",\n  "SignatureVersion": "1",\n  "SigningCertURL": "https://sns.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/SimpleNotificationService-f3ecfb7224c7233fe7bb5f59f96de52f.pem",\n  "Subject": "my subject",\n  "Timestamp": "2015-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",\n  "TopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:%s:123456789012:some-topic",\n  "Type": "Notification",\n  "UnsubscribeURL": "https://sns.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?Action=Unsubscribe&SubscriptionArn=arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789012:some-topic:2bcfbf39-05c3-41de-beaa-fcfcc21c8f55"\n}'
@@ -176,7 +173,6 @@ def test_publish_to_http():
 
     response = conn.publish(
         TopicArn=topic_arn, Message="my message", Subject="my subject")
-    message_id = response['MessageId']
 
 
 @mock_sqs