diff --git a/awscli/customizations/ec2/paginate.py b/awscli/customizations/ec2/paginate.py
index 9a555eed8190..a105333716a4 100644
--- a/awscli/customizations/ec2/paginate.py
+++ b/awscli/customizations/ec2/paginate.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def register_ec2_page_size_injector(event_emitter):
     EC2PageSizeInjector().register(event_emitter)
 
 
-class EC2PageSizeInjector(object):
+class EC2PageSizeInjector:
 
     # Operations to auto-paginate and their specific whitelists.
     # Format:
diff --git a/awscli/customizations/ec2instanceconnect/websocket.py b/awscli/customizations/ec2instanceconnect/websocket.py
index 6f3d4618ad7f..67680299fb42 100644
--- a/awscli/customizations/ec2instanceconnect/websocket.py
+++ b/awscli/customizations/ec2instanceconnect/websocket.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def _write_data_from_input(self):
 
             try:
                 data = self.websocketio.read(self._MAX_BYTES_PER_FRAME)
-            except InputClosedError as e:
+            except InputClosedError:
                 logger.debug('Input closed. Shutting down websocket.')
                 self.close()