diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fea3b35c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove-unneeded-imports.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "various plugins and modules - remove unnecessary imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/574)."
diff --git a/plugins/action/docker_container_copy_into.py b/plugins/action/docker_container_copy_into.py
index b6f255b75..372cbd0a3 100644
--- a/plugins/action/docker_container_copy_into.py
+++ b/plugins/action/docker_container_copy_into.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import base64
 
 from ansible import constants as C
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
 
diff --git a/plugins/connection/nsenter.py b/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
index cf4da8242..fff36afbb 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/nsenter.py
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@
 
 import os
 import pty
-import shutil
 import subprocess
 import fcntl
 
 import ansible.constants as C
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.compat import selectors
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/ssladapter.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/ssladapter.py
index a3182bcd4..e1b5ce020 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/ssladapter.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/ssladapter.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
       https://lukasa.co.uk/2013/01/Choosing_SSL_Version_In_Requests/
       https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/pull/799
 """
-import sys
 
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.version import StrictVersion
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 35b4b4721..b96bc5531 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import traceback
-from datetime import timedelta
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, env_fallback, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping, Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import BOOLEANS_TRUE, BOOLEANS_FALSE
 
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
@@ -56,14 +53,14 @@
 # installed, as they utilize the same namespace are are incompatible
 try:
     # docker (Docker SDK for Python >= 2.0.0)
-    import docker.models  # noqa: F401
+    import docker.models  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_DOCKER_MODELS = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_DOCKER_MODELS = False
 
 try:
     # docker-py (Docker SDK for Python < 2.0.0)
-    import docker.ssladapter  # noqa: F401
+    import docker.ssladapter  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     HAS_DOCKER_SSLADAPTER = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_DOCKER_SSLADAPTER = False
@@ -78,30 +75,30 @@
     class RequestException(Exception):
         pass
 
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (
+from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     DEFAULT_DOCKER_HOST,
     DEFAULT_TLS,
     DEFAULT_TLS_VERIFY,
-    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,
+    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,  # TODO: remove
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS,
-    DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS_VARS,
+    DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS_VARS,  # TODO: remove
     DOCKER_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE,
     DOCKER_REQUIRED_TOGETHER,
-    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,
-    BYTE_SUFFIXES,
-    is_image_name_id,
-    is_valid_tag,
+    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,  # TODO: remove
+    BYTE_SUFFIXES,  # TODO: remove
+    is_image_name_id,  # TODO: remove
+    is_valid_tag,  # TODO: remove
     sanitize_result,
-    DockerBaseClass,
+    DockerBaseClass,  # TODO: remove
     update_tls_hostname,
-    compare_dict_allow_more_present,
-    compare_generic,
-    DifferenceTracker,
-    clean_dict_booleans_for_docker_api,
-    convert_duration_to_nanosecond,
-    parse_healthcheck,
-    omit_none_from_dict,
+    compare_dict_allow_more_present,  # TODO: remove
+    compare_generic,  # TODO: remove
+    DifferenceTracker,  # TODO: remove
+    clean_dict_booleans_for_docker_api,  # TODO: remove
+    convert_duration_to_nanosecond,  # TODO: remove
+    parse_healthcheck,  # TODO: remove
+    omit_none_from_dict,  # TODO: remove
 )
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common_api.py b/plugins/module_utils/common_api.py
index bafdaafe1..439be40af 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common_api.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common_api.py
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, env_fallback, missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping, Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import BOOLEANS_TRUE, BOOLEANS_FALSE
 
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
@@ -40,18 +39,18 @@ class RequestException(Exception):
     parse_repository_tag,
 )
 
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (
+from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.util import (  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     DEFAULT_DOCKER_HOST,
     DEFAULT_TLS,
     DEFAULT_TLS_VERIFY,
-    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,
+    DEFAULT_TLS_HOSTNAME,  # TODO: remove
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     DOCKER_COMMON_ARGS,
     DOCKER_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE,
     DOCKER_REQUIRED_TOGETHER,
-    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,
-    is_image_name_id,
-    is_valid_tag,
+    DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,  # TODO: remove
+    is_image_name_id,  # TODO: remove
+    is_valid_tag,  # TODO: remove
     sanitize_result,
     update_tls_hostname,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
index d2cc553e0..1cb6d8bca 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_container/docker_api.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils._api.utils.utils import (
     convert_port_bindings,
     normalize_links,
-    parse_repository_tag,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/socket_handler.py b/plugins/module_utils/socket_handler.py
index c582d6d88..f4a3ef794 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/socket_handler.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/socket_handler.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import os.path
 import socket as pysocket
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 
 try:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/util.py b/plugins/module_utils/util.py
index 37917133f..9c6b738c6 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/util.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/util.py
@@ -6,17 +6,11 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
-import abc
-import os
-import platform
 import re
-import sys
-import traceback
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
-from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index 746e6ba81..5184d70eb 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 
 try:
-    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion
+    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 except ImportError:
     try:
-        from distutils.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion
+        from distutils.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     except ImportError as exc:
         msg = 'To use this plugin or module with ansible-core 2.11, you need to use Python < 3.12 with distutils.version present'
         raise_from(ImportError(msg), exc)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_container_copy_into.py b/plugins/modules/docker_container_copy_into.py
index 71b0ea590..f140bfe6a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_container_copy_into.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_container_copy_into.py
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@
 import base64
 import io
 import os
-import random
 import stat
 import traceback
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
index d91261262..95fde4f71 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_container_exec.py
@@ -167,11 +167,6 @@
     RequestException,
 )
 
-from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.socket_helper import (
-    shutdown_writing,
-    write_to_socket,
-)
-
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.socket_handler import (
     DockerSocketHandlerModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
index 9a8e50cd3..09b1d386b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, text_type
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils.common_api import (
     AnsibleDockerClient,
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
 from ansible_collections.community.docker.plugins.module_utils._api.errors import (
     APIError,
     DockerException,
-    NotFound,
 )