diff --git a/src/common/xmpp/transports_nb.py b/src/common/xmpp/transports_nb.py
index f727bc1e5..c5115cc1c 100644
--- a/src/common/xmpp/transports_nb.py
+++ b/src/common/xmpp/transports_nb.py
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ class NonBlockingTcp(PlugIn, IdleObject):
 		'''Append raw_data to the queue of messages to be send. 
 		If supplied data is unicode string, encode it to utf-8.
 		'''
-		now = True
 		if self.state <= 0:
 			return
 		r = raw_data
diff --git a/src/gajim.py b/src/gajim.py
index ec18f4caa..bfb3052a4 100755
--- a/src/gajim.py
+++ b/src/gajim.py
@@ -367,8 +367,7 @@ class GlibIdleQueue(idlequeue.IdleQueue):
 		''' this method is called when we plug a new idle object.
 		Start listening for events from fd
 		'''
-		res = gobject.io_add_watch(fd, flags, self.process_events, 
-			priority=gobject.PRIORITY_LOW)
+		res = gobject.io_add_watch(fd, flags, self.process_events)
 		# store the id of the watch, so that we can remove it on unplug
 		self.events[fd] = res
 	
@@ -2369,7 +2368,7 @@ class Interface:
 		
 		# pygtk2.8+ on win, breaks io_add_watch.
 		# We use good old select.select()
-		if True or os.name == 'nt':
+		if os.name == 'nt':
 			gajim.idlequeue = idlequeue.SelectIdleQueue()
 		else:
 			# in a nongui implementation, just call: