diff --git a/dev/ssltest.py b/dev/ssltest.py
index 101a3bef..538801f5 100644
--- a/dev/ssltest.py
+++ b/dev/ssltest.py
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ def sslProtocolVersion():
         # "TLSv1.2" in < 2.7.9
         return ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
 
+def sslProtocolCiphers():
+    if ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000:
+        return "AECDH-AES256-SHA@SECLEVEL=0"
+    else:
+        return "AECDH-AES256-SHA"
+
 def connect():
     sock = socket.create_connection((HOST, PORT))
     return sock
@@ -36,14 +42,14 @@ def listen():
 def sslHandshake(sock, server=False):
     if sys.version_info >= (2,7,9):
         context = ssl.SSLContext(sslProtocolVersion())
-        context.set_ciphers("AECDH-AES256-SHA")
+        context.set_ciphers(sslProtocolCiphers())
         context.set_ecdh_curve("secp256k1")
         context.check_hostname = False
         context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
         context.options = ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3 | ssl.OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE | ssl.OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
         sslSock = context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side = server, do_handshake_on_connect=False)
     else:
-        sslSock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, keyfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'key.pem'), certfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'cert.pem'), server_side = server, ssl_version=sslProtocolVersion(), do_handshake_on_connect=False, ciphers='AECDH-AES256-SHA')
+        sslSock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, keyfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'key.pem'), certfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'cert.pem'), server_side = server, ssl_version=sslProtocolVersion(), do_handshake_on_connect=False, ciphers='AECDH-AES256-SHA')
 
     while True:
         try:
@@ -51,11 +57,11 @@ def sslHandshake(sock, server=False):
             break
         except ssl.SSLWantReadError:
             print "Waiting for SSL socket handhake read"
-            select.select([self.sslSock], [], [], 10)
+            select.select([sslSock], [], [], 10)
         except ssl.SSLWantWriteError:
             print "Waiting for SSL socket handhake write"
-            select.select([], [self.sslSock], [], 10)
-        except Exception as e:
+            select.select([], [sslSock], [], 10)
+        except Exception:
             print "SSL socket handhake failed, shutting down connection"
             traceback.print_exc()
             return
diff --git a/src/api.py b/src/api.py
index cf02f69b..f25972aa 100644
--- a/src/api.py
+++ b/src/api.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from struct import pack
 from helper_sql import sqlQuery,sqlExecute,SqlBulkExecute,sqlStoredProcedure
 from debug import logger
 from inventory import Inventory
-import state
 from version import softwareVersion
 
 # Helper Functions
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index ad89be30..560c1c0b 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -2392,8 +2392,8 @@ class MyForm(settingsmixin.SMainWindow):
             except:
                 QMessageBox.about(self, _translate("MainWindow", "Number needed"), _translate(
                     "MainWindow", "Your maximum download and upload rate must be numbers. Ignoring what you typed."))
-            throttle.SendThrottle.resetLimit()
-            throttle.ReceiveThrottle.resetLimit()
+            throttle.SendThrottle().resetLimit()
+            throttle.ReceiveThrottle().resetLimit()
 
             BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpctype',
                 self.settingsDialogInstance.getNamecoinType())
diff --git a/src/class_sendDataThread.py b/src/class_sendDataThread.py
index d619d451..76409050 100644
--- a/src/class_sendDataThread.py
+++ b/src/class_sendDataThread.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import errno
 import time
 import threading
-import shared
 import Queue
 from struct import unpack, pack
 import hashlib
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import random
 import sys
 import socket
 
-from configparser import BMConfigParser
 from helper_generic import addDataPadding
 from class_objectHashHolder import *
 from addresses import *