diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fea3b35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "various plugins and modules - remove unnecessary imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/574)."
diff --git a/plugins/connection/nsenter.py b/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
index 17bef1f9..6d0994c4 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 
 import os
 import pty
-import shutil
 import subprocess
 import fcntl
 
 import ansible.constants as C
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.compat import selectors
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 5fe614d3..c14acee3 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ import platform
 import re
 import sys
 import traceback
-from datetime import timedelta
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, env_fallback, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping, Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import BOOLEANS_TRUE, BOOLEANS_FALSE
 
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
@@ -55,14 +52,14 @@ except ImportError as exc:
 # installed, as they utilize the same namespace are are incompatible
 try:
     # docker (Docker SDK for Python >= 2.0.0)
-    import docker.models  # noqa: F401
+    import docker.models  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_DOCKER_MODELS = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_DOCKER_MODELS = False
 
 try:
     # docker-py (Docker SDK for Python < 2.0.0)
-    import docker.ssladapter  # noqa: F401
+    import docker.ssladapter  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_DOCKER_SSLADAPTER = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_DOCKER_SSLADAPTER = False
@@ -77,30 +74,30 @@ except ImportError:
     class RequestException(Exception):
         pass
 
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (
+from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     DEFAULT_DOCKER_HOST,
     DEFAULT_TLS,
     DEFAULT_TLS_VERIFY,
-    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,
+    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,  # TODO: remove
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS,
-    DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS_VARS,
+    DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS_VARS,  # TODO: remove
     DOCKER_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE,
     DOCKER_REQUIRED_TOGETHER,
-    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,
-    BYTE_SUFFIXES,
-    is_image_name_id,
-    is_valid_tag,
+    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,  # TODO: remove
+    BYTE_SUFFIXES,  # TODO: remove
+    is_image_name_id,  # TODO: remove
+    is_valid_tag,  # TODO: remove
     sanitize_result,
-    DockerBaseClass,
+    DockerBaseClass,  # TODO: remove
     update_tls_hostname,
-    compare_dict_allow_more_present,
-    compare_generic,
-    DifferenceTracker,
-    clean_dict_booleans_for_docker_api,
-    convert_duration_to_nanosecond,
-    parse_healthcheck,
-    omit_none_from_dict,
+    compare_dict_allow_more_present,  # TODO: remove
+    compare_generic,  # TODO: remove
+    DifferenceTracker,  # TODO: remove
+    clean_dict_booleans_for_docker_api,  # TODO: remove
+    convert_duration_to_nanosecond,  # TODO: remove
+    parse_healthcheck,  # TODO: remove
+    omit_none_from_dict,  # TODO: remove
 )
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/util.py b/plugins/module_utils/util.py
index 44424d0c..1d30560d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/util.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/util.py
@@ -5,17 +5,11 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
-import abc
-import os
-import platform
 import re
-import sys
-import traceback
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
-from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index a236a34d..69c84dad 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 #
 #     from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion
 
-from ._version import LooseVersion
+from ._version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
index 3438bc83..1a6b3550 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
@@ -158,11 +158,6 @@ from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.common import (
     RequestException,
 )
 
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.socket_helper import (
-    shutdown_writing,
-    write_to_socket,
-)
-
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.socket_handler import (
     find_selectors,
     DockerSocketHandlerModule,
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_login.py b/plugins/modules/docker_login.py
index c59524e9..1ee4a9ae 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_login.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_login.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ login_results:
 import base64
 import json
 import os
-import re
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text, to_native
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
index 97cfb810..3932eacf 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ volume:
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 
 try:
     from docker.errors import DockerException, APIError
@@ -126,7 +127,6 @@ from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (
     DockerBaseClass,
     DifferenceTracker,
 )
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, text_type
 
 
 class TaskParameters(DockerBaseClass):