diff --git a/bob/bio/gmm/tools/utils.py b/bob/bio/gmm/tools/utils.py
index 044c5d964b69fd5d24b283c1eebc08fc29c214a7..229481dbc10a96cd382648fefc7bb40769a6017c 100644
--- a/bob/bio/gmm/tools/utils.py
+++ b/bob/bio/gmm/tools/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import bob.bio.base
 import numpy
-import os
 
-import logging
-logger = logging.getLogger("bob.bio.gmm")
 
 def add_jobs(args, submitter, local_job_adder):
   """Adds all (desired) jobs of the tool chain to the grid, or to the local list to be executed."""
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ def base(algorithm):
   return algorithm.algorithm if is_video_extension(algorithm) else algorithm
 
 
-def read_feature(extractor, feature_file, allow_missing_files = False):
+def read_feature(extractor, feature_file):
   feature = extractor.read_feature(feature_file)
   try:
     import bob.bio.video