diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index cb08da4984..51f9084b90 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from synapse.util.frozenutils import freeze
from synapse.util.caches import intern_dict
-
+from synapse.util.frozenutils import freeze
# Whether we should use frozen_dict in FrozenEvent. Using frozen_dicts prevents
# bugs where we accidentally share e.g. signature dicts. However, converting
diff --git a/synapse/events/builder.py b/synapse/events/builder.py
index 13fbba68c0..e662eaef10 100644
--- a/synapse/events/builder.py
+++ b/synapse/events/builder.py
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from . import EventBase, FrozenEvent, _event_dict_property
+import copy
from synapse.types import EventID
-
from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
-import copy
+from . import EventBase, FrozenEvent, _event_dict_property
class EventBuilder(EventBase):
diff --git a/synapse/events/snapshot.py b/synapse/events/snapshot.py
index 8e684d91b5..bcd9bb5946 100644
--- a/synapse/events/snapshot.py
+++ b/synapse/events/snapshot.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from twisted.internet import defer
-
from frozendict import frozendict
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
class EventContext(object):
"""
diff --git a/synapse/events/utils.py b/synapse/events/utils.py
index 29ae086786..652941ca0d 100644
--- a/synapse/events/utils.py
+++ b/synapse/events/utils.py
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
-from . import EventBase
+import re
+
+from six import string_types
from frozendict import frozendict
-import re
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
-from six import string_types
+from . import EventBase
# Split strings on "." but not "\." This uses a negative lookbehind assertion for '\'
# (?<!stuff) matches if the current position in the string is not preceded
diff --git a/synapse/events/validator.py b/synapse/events/validator.py
index e0e5bf818c..cf184748a1 100644
--- a/synapse/events/validator.py
+++ b/synapse/events/validator.py
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from synapse.types import EventID, RoomID, UserID
-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
-
from six import string_types
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.types import EventID, RoomID, UserID
+
class EventValidator(object):
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