diff --git a/src/mysc/thread_utils.py b/src/mysc/thread_utils.py
index 932f53c9..3a112e33 100644
--- a/src/mysc/thread_utils.py
+++ b/src/mysc/thread_utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger("mysc.thread_utils")
 import threading
 import wx
 from pubsub import pub
-from twython import TwythonRateLimitError
 
 def call_threaded(func, *args, **kwargs):
  #Call the given function in a daemonized thread and return the thread.
@@ -19,20 +15,6 @@ def call_threaded(func, *args, **kwargs):
   except:
    log.exception("Thread %d with function %r, args of %r, and kwargs of %r failed to run." % (threading.current_thread().ident, func, a, k))
 #   pass
- thread = threading.Thread(target=new_func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
- thread.daemon = True
- thread.start()
- return thread
-
-def stream_threaded(func, *args, **kwargs):
- def new_func(*a, **k):
-  try:
-   func(**k)
-  except Exception as msg:
-   log.error("Error in stream with args: %r" % (a,))
-   log.error(msg.message)
-   pub.sendMessage("stream-error", session=a[0])
-
  thread = threading.Thread(target=new_func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
  thread.daemon = True
  thread.start()
diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py b/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
index d6a39c90..73757e4f 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/sessionManager.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from builtins import str
-from builtins import object
 import shutil
 import widgetUtils
 import platform
@@ -21,7 +17,7 @@ from sessions.twitter import session
 from . import manager
 import config_utils
 import config
-from twython.exceptions import TwythonAuthError
+from tweepy.error import TweepError
 log = logging.getLogger("sessionmanager.sessionManager")
 
 class sessionManagerController(object):
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ class sessionManagerController(object):
    if i not in config.app["sessions"]["ignored_sessions"]:
     try:
      s.login()
-    except TwythonAuthError:
+    except TweepError:
      self.show_auth_error(s.settings["twitter"]["user_name"])
      continue
    sessions.sessions[i] = s