diff --git a/lib/ClusterShell/NodeSet.py b/lib/ClusterShell/NodeSet.py
index 2127affe..18ad449b 100644
--- a/lib/ClusterShell/NodeSet.py
+++ b/lib/ClusterShell/NodeSet.py
@@ -54,21 +54,20 @@
 import string
 import sys
 
-# Python 3 compatibility
-try:
-    basestring
-except NameError:
-    basestring = str
-
 from ClusterShell.Defaults import config_paths, DEFAULTS
 import ClusterShell.NodeUtils as NodeUtils
 
 # Import all RangeSet module public objects
 from ClusterShell.RangeSet import RangeSet, RangeSetND, AUTOSTEP_DISABLED
-from ClusterShell.RangeSet import RangeSetException, RangeSetParseError
-from ClusterShell.RangeSet import RangeSetPaddingError
+from ClusterShell.RangeSet import RangeSetParseError
 
 
+# Python 3 compatibility
+try:
+    basestring
+except NameError:
+    basestring = str
+
 # Define default GroupResolver object used by NodeSet
 DEF_GROUPS_CONFIGS = config_paths('groups.conf')
 ILLEGAL_GROUP_CHARS = set("@,!&^*")