diff --git a/modules/device.py b/modules/device.py
index d90e505..b8d038d 100644
--- a/modules/device.py
+++ b/modules/device.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name, logging-not-lazy, too-many-locals, logging-fstring-interpolation, too-many-lines, too-many-public-methods
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name, logging-not-lazy, too-many-locals, logging-fstring-interpolation, too-many-lines, too-many-public-methods, duplicate-code
 """
 Device specific handeling for NetBox to Zabbix
 """
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 from logging import getLogger
 from os import sys
 from re import search
-from venv import logger
 
 from zabbix_utils import APIRequestError
 
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ from modules.exceptions import (
 )
 from modules.hostgroups import Hostgroup
 from modules.interface import ZabbixInterface
-from modules.logging import get_logger
 from modules.tags import ZabbixTags
 from modules.tools import field_mapper, remove_duplicates
 from modules.usermacros import ZabbixUsermacros
@@ -549,9 +546,9 @@ class PhysicalDevice:
                 host = self.zabbix.host.create(**create_data)
                 self.zabbix_id = host["hostids"][0]
             except APIRequestError as e:
-                e = f"Host {self.name}: Couldn't create. Zabbix returned {str(e)}."
-                self.logger.error(e)
-                raise SyncExternalError(e) from e
+                msg = f"Host {self.name}: Couldn't create. Zabbix returned {str(e)}."
+                self.logger.error(msg)
+                raise SyncExternalError(msg) from e
             # Set NetBox custom field to hostID value.
             self.nb.custom_fields[device_cf] = int(self.zabbix_id)
             self.nb.save()
diff --git a/modules/hostgroups.py b/modules/hostgroups.py
index c67f5e6..d1350bd 100644
--- a/modules/hostgroups.py
+++ b/modules/hostgroups.py
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ class Hostgroup:
     """Hostgroup class for devices and VM's
     Takes type (vm or dev) and NB object"""
 
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, disable=too-many-positional-arguments
     def __init__(
         self,
         obj_type,
         nb_obj,
         version,
-        logger=None,  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-positional-arguments
+        logger=None,
         nested_sitegroup_flag=False,
         nested_region_flag=False,
         nb_regions=None,
diff --git a/modules/virtual_machine.py b/modules/virtual_machine.py
index 6038811..34e3394 100644
--- a/modules/virtual_machine.py
+++ b/modules/virtual_machine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
 """Module that hosts all functions for virtual machine processing"""
 
diff --git a/netbox_zabbix_sync.py b/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
index 2f30ccd..79d8a20 100755
--- a/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
+++ b/netbox_zabbix_sync.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
 import ssl
-from os import environ, path, sys
+from os import environ, sys
 
 from pynetbox import api
 from pynetbox.core.query import RequestError as NBRequestError