diff --git a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
index b9f42573..8365cd6b 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import os.path
 import shutil
 import string
 import subprocess
-import sys
-import time
 import uuid
 import warnings
 
diff --git a/test-packages/libvirtaio.py b/test-packages/libvirtaio.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a2ba2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/libvirtaio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""mock libvirtaio module
+
+WARNING: you did not import real libvirtaio module
+
+This is needed, because we don't currently ship libvirt-python for templates.
+"""
+
+def virEventRegisterAsyncIOImpl(loop):
+    pass