diff --git a/scripts/notebook_validator.py b/scripts/notebook_validator.py
index 0e7a54129ad..46b956f274d 100644
--- a/scripts/notebook_validator.py
+++ b/scripts/notebook_validator.py
@@ -878,11 +878,7 @@ def cmd_drift(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         print(f"FAIL: {update_script} not found", file = sys.stderr)
         return 2
     # Stash any pre-existing dirty state, run the updater, diff, restore.
-    head = (
-        subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd = nbdir)
-        .decode()
-        .strip()
-    )
+    subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd = nbdir)
     subprocess.run(
         ["git", "-C", str(nbdir), "stash", "--include-untracked"],
         check = False,
diff --git a/unsloth/models/rl_replacements.py b/unsloth/models/rl_replacements.py
index 6c70a5cc7ca..c066b4174ae 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/rl_replacements.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/rl_replacements.py
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ def openenv_vllm_reload_weights():
     try:
         import trl.experimental.openenv.utils as openenv_utils
         import trl.experimental.openenv as openenv
-    except (ImportError, NameError, Exception) as e:
+    except Exception as e:
         logger.info(f"Unsloth: Failed to import trl openenv: {e}")
         logger.info(
             "Unsloth: trl.experimental.openenv not available — skipping RL openenv patches."
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ def vllm_generation_init_patch():
 
     try:
         import trl.generation.vllm_generation as vllm_generation
-    except (ImportError, NameError, Exception) as e:
+    except Exception as e:
         logger.info(f"Unsloth: Failed to import trl.generation.vllm_generation: {e}")
         return