diff --git a/benches/microbenchmarks.rs b/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
index ddfdb57c2..bbed9a890 100644
--- a/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
+++ b/benches/microbenchmarks.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use criterion::{
 };
 use rustpython_compiler::Mode;
 use rustpython_vm::{
-    common::ascii, InitParameter, Interpreter, ItemProtocol, PyObjectWrap, PyResult, PySettings,
+    common::ascii, InitParameter, Interpreter, PyObjectWrap, PyResult, PySettings,
 };
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{ffi, fs, io};
diff --git a/examples/mini_repl.rs b/examples/mini_repl.rs
index 87bf9b7c3..7e4bf2098 100644
--- a/examples/mini_repl.rs
+++ b/examples/mini_repl.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 use rustpython_vm as vm;
 // these are needed for special memory shenanigans to let us share a variable with Python and Rust
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
-// this needs to be in scope in order to insert things into scope.globals
-use vm::ItemProtocol;
 
 // This has to be a macro because it uses the py_compile macro,
 // which compiles python source to optimized bytecode at compile time, so that
diff --git a/stdlib/src/scproxy.rs b/stdlib/src/scproxy.rs
index baceb9167..9e5c63c85 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/scproxy.rs
+++ b/stdlib/src/scproxy.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mod _scproxy {
     use crate::vm::{
         builtins::{PyDictRef, PyStr},
         function::IntoPyObject,
-        ItemProtocol, PyResult, VirtualMachine,
+        PyResult, VirtualMachine,
     };
     use system_configuration::core_foundation::{
         array::CFArray,
diff --git a/stdlib/src/ssl.rs b/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
index ad5578b1d..7fe420c68 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
+++ b/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mod _ssl {
             stdlib::os::PyPathLike,
             types::Constructor,
             utils::{Either, ToCString},
-            ItemProtocol, PyObjectRef, PyObjectWeak, PyRef, PyResult, PyValue, VirtualMachine,
+            PyObjectRef, PyObjectWeak, PyRef, PyResult, PyValue, VirtualMachine,
         },
     };
     use crossbeam_utils::atomic::AtomicCell;
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/function/jitfunc.rs b/vm/src/builtins/function/jitfunc.rs
index 3b97f299e..4d99fe3f8 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/function/jitfunc.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/function/jitfunc.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     builtins::{float, int, pybool, PyBaseExceptionRef, PyDictRef, PyFunction, PyStrRef},
     bytecode::CodeFlags,
     function::{FuncArgs, IntoPyObject},
-    IdProtocol, ItemProtocol, PyObject, PyObjectRef, PyResult, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol,
-    VirtualMachine,
+    IdProtocol, PyObject, PyObjectRef, PyResult, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
 };
 use num_traits::ToPrimitive;
 use rustpython_jit::{AbiValue, Args, CompiledCode, JitArgumentError, JitType};
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
index 277094e99..5a8d12ac3 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/nt.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ pub(crate) mod module {
     use std::io;
     use std::{env, fs};
 
+    use crate::builtins::PyDictRef;
     #[cfg(target_env = "msvc")]
     use crate::builtins::PyListRef;
-    use crate::{builtins::PyDictRef, ItemProtocol};
     use winapi::{um, vc::vcruntime::intptr_t};
 
     #[pyattr]
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/posix_compat.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/posix_compat.rs
index 3a958f662..487f359ff 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/posix_compat.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/posix_compat.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ pub(crate) mod module {
     #[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
     #[pyattr]
     fn environ(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> crate::builtins::PyDictRef {
-        use crate::ItemProtocol;
         use ffi_ext::OsStringExt;
 
         let environ = vm.ctx.new_dict();
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/winapi.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/winapi.rs
index 33b86cf8a..2aea4cfe6 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/winapi.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/winapi.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod _winapi {
         function::{IntoPyException, OptionalArg},
         protocol::PyMapping,
         stdlib::os::errno_err,
-        ItemProtocol, PyObjectRef, PyResult, PySequence, TryFromObject, VirtualMachine,
+        PyObjectRef, PyResult, PySequence, TryFromObject, VirtualMachine,
     };
     use std::ptr::{null, null_mut};
     use winapi::shared::winerror;
diff --git a/wasm/lib/src/convert.rs b/wasm/lib/src/convert.rs
index c71c4e1ec..0e7972391 100644
--- a/wasm/lib/src/convert.rs
+++ b/wasm/lib/src/convert.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use rustpython_vm::{
     compile::{CompileError, CompileErrorType},
     exceptions,
     function::{ArgBytesLike, FuncArgs},
-    py_serde, ItemProtocol, PyObjectRef, PyResult, PyValue, TryFromBorrowedObject, TypeProtocol,
-    VirtualMachine,
+    py_serde, PyObjectRef, PyResult, PyValue, TryFromBorrowedObject, TypeProtocol, VirtualMachine,
 };
 use wasm_bindgen::{closure::Closure, prelude::*, JsCast};