diff --git a/scripts/clientappctl b/scripts/clientappctl
index 4800c223..aa854327 100755
--- a/scripts/clientappctl
+++ b/scripts/clientappctl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 
-import sys, os, argparse, json, shutil, tempfile, subprocess, traceback
+import sys, os, argparse, json, shutil, subprocess, traceback
 
 def run_script(script_path: str) -> int:
     """
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ def uninstall_app(args: argparse.Namespace, install_path) -> int:
     return rval
 
 # script constants
-utils_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
-temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-build_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'build')
-staging_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'staging')
 working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 src_path = os.path.join(working_dir, 'src')
 CONFIG_JSON = os.path.join(working_dir, 'config.json')