diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
index 57656d6ff..396007d78 100755
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
+++ b/processing/pre/geom_fromVoronoiTessellation.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ scriptName = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
 scriptID   = ' '.join([scriptName,damask.version])
 
 
-def Laguerre_tesselation(grid, coords, weights, grains, periodic = True, cpus = 2):
+def Laguerre_tessellation(grid, coords, weights, grains, periodic = True, cpus = 2):
 
   def findClosestSeed(fargs):
     point, seeds, myWeights = fargs
diff --git a/processing/pre/seeds_fromRandom.py b/processing/pre/seeds_fromRandom.py
index 098991e5f..193534687 100755
--- a/processing/pre/seeds_fromRandom.py
+++ b/processing/pre/seeds_fromRandom.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import random
-from io import StringIO
 from optparse import OptionParser,OptionGroup
 
 import numpy as np