diff --git a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
index 68c420a92920..460961df461e 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
+++ b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/component.py
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 #
 #############################################################################
 
-import shlex
-import subprocess
-
-
 try:
     from sonic_platform_base.component_base import ComponentBase
     from .helper import APIHelper
diff --git a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
index 354538afe14a..18c1b9a01b8c 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
+++ b/platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-accton/as9736-64d/sonic_platform/helper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import struct
-import subprocess
 import json
 import fcntl
 from mmap import *
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ def ipmi_fru_id(self, id, key=None):
         status = True
         result = ""
         try:
-            if key == None:
+            if (key is None):
                 err, raw_data = getstatusoutput_noshell_pipe(['ipmitool', 'fru', 'print', str(id)])
             else:
                 err, raw_data = getstatusoutput_noshell_pipe(['ipmitool', 'fru', 'print', str(id)], ['grep', str(key)])