From ba57a981946fbe68947ea2fec0b9db3d5924ba22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Willi Ballenthin <wballenthin@hex-rays.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:21:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove unused imports from capa/ida/plugin/form.py

capa.main, capa.render.json, and capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor
were imported but never referenced in the file, adding unnecessary
startup cost.
---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 1 +
 capa/ida/plugin/form.py | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a313683..88155009 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - fix: correct wrong dict key in VMRay _compute_monitor_threads assertion (used thread_id instead of process_id) @williballenthin
 fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
 - fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
+- fix: remove unused imports of capa.main, capa.render.json, and capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor from form.py @williballenthin (SURF-67)
 - fix: remove dead trim_function_name function from form.py that was never called @williballenthin (SURF-66)
 - fix: replace get_file_md5/get_file_sha256 with retrieve_input_file_md5/sha256 shims so all callers use consistent IDA version-aware API @williballenthin (SURF-65)
 - fix: rename dragEventEnter to dragEnterEvent so Qt dispatches drag-enter events correctly in CapaExplorerRulegenEditor @williballenthin (SURF-64)
diff --git a/capa/ida/plugin/form.py b/capa/ida/plugin/form.py
index dfed8e70..8af176e0 100644
--- a/capa/ida/plugin/form.py
+++ b/capa/ida/plugin/form.py
@@ -24,17 +24,14 @@ import idaapi
 import ida_kernwin
 import ida_settings
 
-import capa.main
 import capa.rules
 import capa.engine
 import capa.loader
 import capa.version
 import capa.ida.helpers
-import capa.render.json
 import capa.features.common
 import capa.capabilities.common
 import capa.render.result_document
-import capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor
 from capa.rules import Rule
 from capa.engine import FeatureSet
 from capa.rules.cache import compute_ruleset_cache_identifier