diff --git a/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/DirUtils.py b/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/DirUtils.py
index bd9caf5a9d6a61cbd90c3f7dc388a62d0c39e08f..e81b7745341d2f46c951c8f746c41fb267a273d7 100644
--- a/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/DirUtils.py
+++ b/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/DirUtils.py
@@ -62,16 +62,14 @@ class DirectoryChecker():
 
     def waitForAnyFile(self, seconds):
         "Waits for the specified amount of time for the dir to be empty, returns a tuple (bool: timedout, str: lsOutput)"
-        timeToTimeout = seconds
-        self.timerUtil = Timer(timeToTimeout)
+        self.timerUtil = Timer(seconds)
         while self.checkIfEmpty() and self.timerUtil.timesNotUp():
             pass
         return (self.timerUtil.timedout, self.getLsOutput())
 
     def waitForEmptyDir(self, seconds):
         "Waits for the specified amount of time for the dir to contain files, returns a tuple (bool: timedout, str: lsOutput)"
-        timeToTimeout = seconds
-        self.timerUtil = Timer(timeToTimeout)
+        self.timerUtil = Timer(seconds)
         while self.checkIfNotEmpty() and self.timerUtil.timesNotUp():
             pass
         return (self.timerUtil.timedout, self.getLsOutput())
diff --git a/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/ProcessUtils.py b/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/ProcessUtils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e0d15cb728bb20327bafaeb99ea79ceac1ba8edc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Script/UnitTests/FunctionalTests/FuncTestUtils/ProcessUtils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-def findCastorScriptPids():
-    # first find all running instances with this command
-    # ps aux | grep CastorScript.py | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
-
-    # it get list of processes
-    psCommand = Popen(["ps", "aux"], stdout=PIPE)
-    
-    # finds castorscript processes
-    grepCommand = Popen(["grep", "CastorScript.py"], stdin=psCommand.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
-    psCommand.stdout.close()
-    
-    # sorts grep out of the mix
-    grepvCommand = Popen(["grep", "-v", "grep"], stdin=grepCommand.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
-    grepCommand.stdout.close()
-
-    # and finally gets the PIDs
-    awkCommand =  Popen(["awk", "{print $2}"], stdin=grepvCommand.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
-    grepvCommand.stdout.close()
-    
-    pids = str(awkCommand.communicate()[0]).splitlines()
-    awkCommand.stdout.close()
-
-    return pids
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