diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index cbed6f59..1db4a364 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-include jc/man/jc.1.gz
 include man/jc.1
 include CHANGELOG
diff --git a/mangen.py b/mangen.py
index ed2629ab..adda2da5 100755
--- a/mangen.py
+++ b/mangen.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Genereate man page from jc metadata using jinja2 templates
 from datetime import date
-import os
-import gzip
-import shutil
 import jc.cli
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index d0a7ab96..b6f62a72 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # system should be in "America/Los_Angeles" timezone for all tests to pass
+# ensure no local plugin parsers are installed for all tests to pass
 
 python3 -m unittest -v
diff --git a/updatedocs.sh b/updatedocs.sh
index 6294c837..a3e4e564 100755
--- a/updatedocs.sh
+++ b/updatedocs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 echo === Building README.md
 ./readmegen.py && echo "+++ README.md build successful" || echo "--- README.md build failed"
+
 echo === Building man page
 ./mangen.py && echo "+++ man page build successful" || echo "--- man page build failed"
+
 echo === Building documentation
 ./docgen.sh && echo "+++ documentation build successful" || echo "--- documentation build failed"