diff --git a/SickBeard.py b/SickBeard.py
index 64876036..00d0a84d 100755
--- a/SickBeard.py
+++ b/SickBeard.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ from sickbeard.databases.mainDB import MIN_DB_VERSION
 from sickbeard.databases.mainDB import MAX_DB_VERSION
 
 from lib.configobj import ConfigObj
-from daemon import Daemon
 
 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sickbeard.sig_handler)
 signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sickbeard.sig_handler)
@@ -76,43 +75,7 @@ throwaway = datetime.datetime.strptime('20110101', '%Y%m%d')
 
 class SickRage(object):
 
-    def loadShowsFromDB(self):
-        """
-        Populates the showList with shows from the database
-        """
-
-        logger.log(u"Loading initial show list")
-
-        myDB = db.DBConnection()
-        sqlResults = myDB.select("SELECT * FROM tv_shows")
-
-        sickbeard.showList = []
-        for sqlShow in sqlResults:
-            try:
-                curShow = TVShow(int(sqlShow["indexer"]), int(sqlShow["indexer_id"]))
-                sickbeard.showList.append(curShow)
-            except Exception, e:
-                logger.log(
-                    u"There was an error creating the show in " + sqlShow["location"] + ": " + str(e).decode('utf-8'),
-                    logger.ERROR)
-                logger.log(traceback.format_exc(), logger.DEBUG)
-
-    def restore(self, srcDir, dstDir):
-        try:
-            for file in os.listdir(srcDir):
-                srcFile = os.path.join(srcDir, file)
-                dstFile = os.path.join(dstDir, file)
-                bakFile = os.path.join(dstDir, file + '.bak')
-                shutil.move(dstFile, bakFile)
-                shutil.move(srcFile, dstFile)
-
-            os.rmdir(srcDir)
-            return True
-        except:
-            return False
-
     def __init__(self):
-        self.daemon = None
         self.webserver = None
         self.runAsDaemon = False
         self.CREATEPID = False
@@ -288,8 +251,7 @@ class SickRage(object):
         sickbeard.initialize(consoleLogging=self.consoleLogging)
 
         if self.runAsDaemon:
-            self.daemon = Daemon(self.PIDFILE or os.path.join(sickbeard.DATA_DIR, 'sickbeard.pid'))
-            self.daemon.daemonize()
+            self.daemonize()
 
         # Get PID
         sickbeard.PID = os.getpid()
@@ -361,6 +323,104 @@ class SickRage(object):
         while(sickbeard.started):
             time.sleep(1)
 
+    def daemonize(self):
+        """
+        Fork off as a daemon
+        """
+
+        # pylint: disable=E1101
+        # Make a non-session-leader child process
+        try:
+            pid = os.fork()  # @UndefinedVariable - only available in UNIX
+            if pid != 0:
+                os._exit(0)
+        except OSError, e:
+            sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        os.setsid()  # @UndefinedVariable - only available in UNIX
+
+        # Make sure I can read my own files and shut out others
+        prev = os.umask(0)
+        os.umask(prev and int('077', 8))
+
+        # Make the child a session-leader by detaching from the terminal
+        try:
+            pid = os.fork()  # @UndefinedVariable - only available in UNIX
+            if pid != 0:
+                os._exit(0)
+        except OSError, e:
+            sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Write pid
+        if self.CREATEPID:
+            pid = str(os.getpid())
+            logger.log(u"Writing PID: " + pid + " to " + str(self.PIDFILE))
+            try:
+                file(self.PIDFILE, 'w').write("%s\n" % pid)
+            except IOError, e:
+                logger.log_error_and_exit(
+                    u"Unable to write PID file: " + self.PIDFILE + " Error: " + str(e.strerror) + " [" + str(
+                        e.errno) + "]")
+
+        # Redirect all output
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stderr.flush()
+
+        devnull = getattr(os, 'devnull', '/dev/null')
+        stdin = file(devnull, 'r')
+        stdout = file(devnull, 'a+')
+        stderr = file(devnull, 'a+')
+        os.dup2(stdin.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
+        os.dup2(stdout.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
+        os.dup2(stderr.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
+
+    def remove_pid_file(self, PIDFILE):
+        try:
+            if os.path.exists(PIDFILE):
+                os.remove(PIDFILE)
+
+        except (IOError, OSError):
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def loadShowsFromDB(self):
+        """
+        Populates the showList with shows from the database
+        """
+
+        logger.log(u"Loading initial show list")
+
+        myDB = db.DBConnection()
+        sqlResults = myDB.select("SELECT * FROM tv_shows")
+
+        sickbeard.showList = []
+        for sqlShow in sqlResults:
+            try:
+                curShow = TVShow(int(sqlShow["indexer"]), int(sqlShow["indexer_id"]))
+                sickbeard.showList.append(curShow)
+            except Exception, e:
+                logger.log(
+                    u"There was an error creating the show in " + sqlShow["location"] + ": " + str(e).decode('utf-8'),
+                    logger.ERROR)
+                logger.log(traceback.format_exc(), logger.DEBUG)
+
+    def restore(self, srcDir, dstDir):
+        try:
+            for file in os.listdir(srcDir):
+                srcFile = os.path.join(srcDir, file)
+                dstFile = os.path.join(dstDir, file)
+                bakFile = os.path.join(dstDir, file + '.bak')
+                shutil.move(dstFile, bakFile)
+                shutil.move(srcFile, dstFile)
+
+            os.rmdir(srcDir)
+            return True
+        except:
+            return False
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if sys.hexversion >= 0x020600F0:
         freeze_support()
@@ -379,8 +439,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         sr.webserver = None
 
         # if run as daemon delete the pidfile
-        if sr.runAsDaemon:
-            sr.daemon.delpid()
+        if sr.runAsDaemon and sr.CREATEPID:
+            sr.remove_pid_file(sr.PIDFILE)
 
         if not sickbeard.shutdown:
             install_type = sickbeard.versionCheckScheduler.action.install_type
diff --git a/lib/daemon.py b/lib/daemon.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 77c435b1..00000000
--- a/lib/daemon.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-# Core modules
-import atexit
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-import signal
-
-
-class Daemon(object):
-    """
-    A generic daemon class.
-
-    Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
-    """
-    def __init__(self, pidfile, stdin=os.devnull,
-                 stdout=os.devnull, stderr=os.devnull,
-                 home_dir='.', umask=022, verbose=1):
-        self.stdin = stdin
-        self.stdout = stdout
-        self.stderr = stderr
-        self.pidfile = pidfile
-        self.home_dir = home_dir
-        self.verbose = verbose
-        self.umask = umask
-        self.daemon_alive = True
-
-    def daemonize(self):
-        """
-        Do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
-        Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
-        http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
-        """
-        try:
-            pid = os.fork()
-            if pid > 0:
-                # Exit first parent
-                os._exit(0)
-        except OSError, e:
-            sys.stderr.write(
-                "fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        # Decouple from parent environment
-        os.chdir(self.home_dir)
-        os.setsid()
-        os.umask(self.umask)
-
-        # Do second fork
-        try:
-            pid = os.fork()
-            if pid > 0:
-                # Exit from second parent
-                os._exit(0)
-        except OSError, e:
-            sys.stderr.write(
-                "fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        if sys.platform != 'darwin':  # This block breaks on OS X
-            # Redirect standard file descriptors
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-            sys.stderr.flush()
-            si = file(self.stdin, 'r')
-            so = file(self.stdout, 'a+')
-            if self.stderr:
-                se = file(self.stderr, 'a+', 0)
-            else:
-                se = so
-            os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
-            os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
-            os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
-
-        if self.verbose >= 1:
-            print "Started"
-
-        # Write pidfile
-        atexit.register(
-            self.delpid)  # Make sure pid file is removed if we quit
-        pid = str(os.getpid())
-        file(self.pidfile, 'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)
-
-    def delpid(self):
-        os.remove(self.pidfile)
-
-    def start(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Start the daemon
-        """
-
-        if self.verbose >= 1:
-            print "Starting..."
-
-        # Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
-        try:
-            pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
-            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
-            pf.close()
-        except IOError:
-            pid = None
-        except SystemExit:
-            pid = None
-
-        if pid:
-            message = "pidfile %s already exists. Is it already running?\n"
-            sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        # Start the daemon
-        self.daemonize()
-        self.run(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def stop(self):
-        """
-        Stop the daemon
-        """
-
-        if self.verbose >= 1:
-            print "Stopping..."
-
-        # Get the pid from the pidfile
-        pid = self.get_pid()
-
-        if not pid:
-            message = "pidfile %s does not exist. Not running?\n"
-            sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
-
-            # Just to be sure. A ValueError might occur if the PID file is
-            # empty but does actually exist
-            if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
-                os.remove(self.pidfile)
-
-            return  # Not an error in a restart
-
-        # Try killing the daemon process
-        try:
-            i = 0
-            while 1:
-                os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
-                time.sleep(0.1)
-                i = i + 1
-                if i % 10 == 0:
-                    os.kill(pid, signal.SIGHUP)
-        except OSError, err:
-            err = str(err)
-            if err.find("No such process") > 0:
-                if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
-                    os.remove(self.pidfile)
-            else:
-                print str(err)
-                sys.exit(1)
-
-        if self.verbose >= 1:
-            print "Stopped"
-
-    def restart(self):
-        """
-        Restart the daemon
-        """
-        self.stop()
-        self.start()
-
-    def get_pid(self):
-        try:
-            pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
-            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
-            pf.close()
-        except IOError:
-            pid = None
-        except SystemExit:
-            pid = None
-        return pid
-
-    def is_running(self):
-        pid = self.get_pid()
-        print(pid)
-        return pid and os.path.exists('/proc/%d' % pid)
-
-    def run(self):
-        """
-        You should override this method when you subclass Daemon.
-        It will be called after the process has been
-        daemonized by start() or restart().
-        """
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 46491d9a..218466b8 100644
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -1274,17 +1274,6 @@ def halt():
             __INITIALIZED__ = False
             started = False
 
-def remove_pid_file(PIDFILE):
-    try:
-        if os.path.exists(PIDFILE):
-            os.remove(PIDFILE)
-
-    except (IOError, OSError):
-        return False
-
-    return True
-
-
 def sig_handler(signum=None, frame=None):
     if type(signum) != type(None):
         logger.log(u"Signal %i caught, saving and exiting..." % int(signum))
diff --git a/sickbeard/dailysearcher.py b/sickbeard/dailysearcher.py
index 3559f371..967d3a47 100644
--- a/sickbeard/dailysearcher.py
+++ b/sickbeard/dailysearcher.py
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ class DailySearcher():
 
         self.amActive = False
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def run(self, force=False):
 
         self.amActive = True
diff --git a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
index b1565dc2..055cf9f0 100644
--- a/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
+++ b/sickbeard/name_parser/parser.py
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ class NameParser(object):
         self.convert = convert
         self.naming_pattern = naming_pattern
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def clean_series_name(self, series_name):
         """Cleans up series name by removing any . and _
         characters, along with any trailing hyphens.
@@ -446,9 +443,6 @@ class ParseResult(object):
         self.show = show
         self.score = score
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if not other:
             return False
@@ -624,11 +618,7 @@ class NameParserCache(object):
             logger.log("Using cached parse result for: " + name, logger.DEBUG)
             return self._previous_parsed[name]
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
 name_parser_cache = NameParserCache()
 
-
 class InvalidNameException(Exception):
     "The given name is not valid"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/btn.py b/sickbeard/providers/btn.py
index 1fd17210..5dca36ea 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/btn.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/btn.py
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ class BTNProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.url = "http://api.btnapps.net"
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -318,9 +315,6 @@ class BTNCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             # At least 15 minutes between queries
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -349,7 +343,7 @@ class BTNCache(tvcache.TVCache):
                     if ci is not None:
                         cl.append(ci)
 
-                    time.sleep(.2)
+
 
                 if cl:
                     myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/ezrss.py b/sickbeard/providers/ezrss.py
index 4d594c5f..316f83e0 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/ezrss.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/ezrss.py
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ class EZRSSProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.url = 'https://www.ezrss.it/'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -181,9 +178,6 @@ class EZRSSCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll EZRSS every 15 minutes max
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
 
         rss_url = self.provider.url + 'feed/'
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/fanzub.py b/sickbeard/providers/fanzub.py
index 27c61bbb..0f58825c 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/fanzub.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/fanzub.py
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ class Fanzub(generic.NZBProvider):
 
         self.url = 'http://fanzub.com/'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -134,9 +131,6 @@ class FanzubCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # we get 100 post each call !
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
 
         params = {"cat": "anime".encode('utf-8'),
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
index 599d0233..a103364e 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ class GenericProvider:
         self.session.headers.update({
             'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/32.0.1700.107 Safari/537.36'})
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def getID(self):
         return GenericProvider.makeID(self.name)
 
@@ -409,14 +406,8 @@ class NZBProvider(GenericProvider):
 
         self.providerType = GenericProvider.NZB
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
 class TorrentProvider(GenericProvider):
     def __init__(self, name):
         GenericProvider.__init__(self, name)
 
-        self.providerType = GenericProvider.TORRENT
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
+        self.providerType = GenericProvider.TORRENT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py b/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
index 8821f0e2..6dd79c92 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ class HDBitsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         self.rss_url = 'http://hdbits.org/api/torrents'
         self.download_url = 'http://hdbits.org/download.php?'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -217,9 +214,6 @@ class HDBitsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll HDBits every 15 minutes max                                                                                          
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -260,7 +254,7 @@ class HDBitsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
                     if ci is not None:
                         ql.append(ci)
 
-                    time.sleep(.2)
+
 
                 if ql:
                     myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
index 9f9fa2e9..d17d1129 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hdtorrents.py
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class HDTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.cookies = None
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -354,9 +351,6 @@ class HDTorrentsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll HDTorrents every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -382,7 +376,7 @@ class HDTorrentsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
index 39ec76d0..74fbe79a 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/iptorrents.py
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ class IPTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.categorie = 'l73=1&l78=1&l66=1&l65=1&l79=1&l5=1&l4=1'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -295,9 +292,6 @@ class IPTorrentsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # Only poll IPTorrents every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 10
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -323,7 +317,7 @@ class IPTorrentsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
index 69080ca9..55278376 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/kat.py
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ class KATProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.searchurl = self.url + 'usearch/%s/?field=seeders&sorder=desc'  #order by seed
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -433,9 +430,6 @@ class KATCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll ThePirateBay every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -460,7 +454,7 @@ class KATCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/newzbin.py b/sickbeard/providers/newzbin.py
index 685afc4b..bdf4b31e 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/newzbin.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/newzbin.py
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ class NewzbinDownloader(urllib.FancyURLopener):
     def __init__(self):
         urllib.FancyURLopener.__init__(self)
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers):
 
         # if newzbin is throttling us, wait seconds and try again
@@ -76,9 +73,6 @@ class NewzbinProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
 
         self.NEWZBIN_DATE_FORMAT = '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return sickbeard.NEWZBIN
 
@@ -340,9 +334,6 @@ class NewzbinCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll Newzbin every 10 mins max
         self.minTime = 1
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
 
         return self.provider._getRSSData()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
index b40fab34..a3ed5abe 100755
--- a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
 
         self.default = False
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def configStr(self):
         return self.name + '|' + self.url + '|' + self.key + '|' + self.catIDs + '|' + str(int(self.enabled)) + '|' + self.search_mode + '|' + str(int(self.search_fallback))
 
@@ -295,9 +292,6 @@ class NewznabCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll newznab providers every 15 minutes max
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
 
         params = {"t": "tvsearch",
@@ -347,7 +341,7 @@ class NewznabCache(tvcache.TVCache):
                     if ci is not None:
                         ql.append(ci)
 
-                    time.sleep(.2)
+
 
                 if ql:
                     myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py b/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
index 79430263..96dc225d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/nextgen.py
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ class NextGenProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.login_opener = None
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -344,9 +341,6 @@ class NextGenCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # Only poll NextGen every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 10
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -372,7 +366,7 @@ class NextGenCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/nyaatorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/nyaatorrents.py
index 719feaee..23580ba9 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/nyaatorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/nyaatorrents.py
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ class NyaaProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.url = 'http://www.nyaa.se/'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -130,9 +127,6 @@ class NyaaCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll NyaaTorrents every 15 minutes max
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
         params = {
             "page": 'rss',  # Use RSS page
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/omgwtfnzbs.py b/sickbeard/providers/omgwtfnzbs.py
index 7da7fdf3..d3fc8f1e 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/omgwtfnzbs.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/omgwtfnzbs.py
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ class OmgwtfnzbsProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
         self.url = 'https://omgwtfnzbs.org/'
         self.supportsBacklog = True
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -160,9 +157,6 @@ class OmgwtfnzbsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         tvcache.TVCache.__init__(self, provider)
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
         params = {'user': provider.username,
                   'api': provider.api_key,
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
index c280e43e..38aa9b24 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ class PublicHDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.categories = {'Season': ['23'], 'Episode': ['7', '14', '24'], 'RSS': ['7', '14', '23', '24']}
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -317,9 +314,6 @@ class PublicHDCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll ThePirateBay every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -345,7 +339,7 @@ class PublicHDCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 ql.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if ql:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
index 3aac4d8d..64d6e64d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         else:
           self.cookies = ''
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def configStr(self):
         return self.name + '|' + self.url + '|' + self.cookies + '|' + str(int(self.enabled)) + '|' + self.search_mode + '|' + str(int(self.search_fallback)) + '|' + str(int(self.backlog_only))
 
@@ -173,9 +170,6 @@ class TorrentRssCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         tvcache.TVCache.__init__(self, provider)
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
         logger.log(u"TorrentRssCache cache update URL: " + self.provider.url, logger.DEBUG)
         if self.provider.cookies:
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/scc.py b/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
index b056e3e4..f8f71d73 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/scc.py
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class SCCProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.headers = {'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/32.0.1700.107 Safari/537.36'}
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -339,9 +336,6 @@ class SCCCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll SCC every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -367,7 +361,7 @@ class SCCCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py b/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
index 0809620d..bb0c385b 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/speedcd.py
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class SpeedCDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.categories = {'Season': {'c14': 1}, 'Episode': {'c2': 1, 'c49': 1}, 'RSS': {'c14': 1, 'c2': 1, 'c49': 1}}
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -279,9 +276,6 @@ class SpeedCDCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll Speedcd every 20 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -307,7 +301,7 @@ class SpeedCDCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 ql.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if ql:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py b/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
index 5e4c2653..7478e6da 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/thepiratebay.py
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ class ThePirateBayProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.re_title_url = '/torrent/(?P<id>\d+)/(?P<title>.*?)//1".+?(?P<url>magnet.*?)//1".+?(?P<seeders>\d+)</td>.+?(?P<leechers>\d+)</td>'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -410,9 +407,6 @@ class ThePirateBayCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll ThePirateBay every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -438,7 +432,7 @@ class ThePirateBayCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
@@ -477,9 +471,6 @@ class ThePirateBayWebproxy:
             'Hiload.org (NL)': 'http://hiload.org/',
         }
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         """ Return True if we Choose to call TPB via Proxy """
         return self.enabled
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
index 3e7da459..bc19d1ee 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentday.py
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ class TorrentDayProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         self.categories = {'Season': {'c14': 1}, 'Episode': {'c2': 1, 'c26': 1, 'c7': 1, 'c24': 1},
                            'RSS': {'c2': 1, 'c26': 1, 'c7': 1, 'c24': 1, 'c14': 1}}
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -303,9 +300,6 @@ class TorrentDayCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # Only poll IPTorrents every 10 minutes max
         self.minTime = 10
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -331,7 +325,7 @@ class TorrentDayCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
index 56e33227..90fece4d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ class TorrentLeechProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.categories = "2,26,27,32"
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -298,9 +295,6 @@ class TorrentLeechCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll TorrentLeech every 20 minutes max
         self.minTime = 20
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -326,7 +320,7 @@ class TorrentLeechCache(tvcache.TVCache):
             if ci is not None:
                 cl.append(ci)
 
-            time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/tvtorrents.py b/sickbeard/providers/tvtorrents.py
index c743dc30..fbbc17dd 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/tvtorrents.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/tvtorrents.py
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ class TvTorrentsProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
         self.url = 'http://www.tvtorrents.com/'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -89,9 +86,6 @@ class TvTorrentsCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll TvTorrents every 15 minutes max
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def _getRSSData(self):
         # These will be ignored on the serverside.
         ignore_regex = "all.month|month.of|season[\s\d]*complete"
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/womble.py b/sickbeard/providers/womble.py
index 10f38e45..afc93741 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/womble.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/womble.py
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ class WombleProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
         self.cache = WombleCache(self)
         self.url = 'http://newshost.co.za/'
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def isEnabled(self):
         return self.enabled
 
@@ -45,9 +42,6 @@ class WombleCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         # only poll Womble's Index every 15 minutes max
         self.minTime = 15
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        pass
-
     def updateCache(self):
 
         # delete anything older then 7 days
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ class WombleCache(tvcache.TVCache):
                 if ci is not None:
                     cl.append(ci)
 
-                time.sleep(.2)
+
 
         if cl:
             myDB = self._getDB()