diff --git a/bin/geomag_webservice.py b/bin/geomag_webservice.py
index 43d75180bcdf93671f0fd24337cfc57048d08c74..039f401531353065143ddeed20a6fa9e5da7c9c1 100755
--- a/bin/geomag_webservice.py
+++ b/bin/geomag_webservice.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
-from builtins import str as unicode
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
 # ensure geomag is on the path before importing
 try:
     import geomagio  # noqa (tells linter to ignore this line.)
-except:
+except ImportError:
     path = os.path
     script_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
     sys.path.append(path.normpath(path.join(script_dir, '..')))
diff --git a/geomagio/__init__.py b/geomagio/__init__.py
index ac9f8e9efbe4092763b17b77cfba551f09a84609..036d81bf40a799727e7af6c27970f87436b65e66 100644
--- a/geomagio/__init__.py
+++ b/geomagio/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'TimeseriesFactoryException',
     'TimeseriesUtility',
     'Util',
-    'Url',
     'WebService'
 ]