diff --git a/game/runner.py b/game/runner.py
index a8327a7328..f7408c74ce 100644
--- a/game/runner.py
+++ b/game/runner.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ matter the value of this file.
 """
 import os
 import sys
-import time
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from subprocess import Popen
 import Queue, thread
 
 try:
+    # check if launched with pypy
     import __pypy__ as is_pypy
 except ImportError:
     is_pypy = False
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ except ImportError:
 # System Configuration
 #
 
-
 SERVER_PIDFILE = "server.pid"
 PORTAL_PIDFILE = "portal.pid"
 
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ def start_services(server_argv, portal_argv):
             else:
                 # normal operation: start portal as a daemon; we don't care to monitor it for restart
                 PORTAL = Popen(portal_argv)
-
         except IOError, e:
             print "Portal IOError: %s\nA possible explanation for this is that 'twistd' is not found." % e
             return
diff --git a/src/commands/default/system.py b/src/commands/default/system.py
index 56b48ff504..5ddba48cb5 100644
--- a/src/commands/default/system.py
+++ b/src/commands/default/system.py
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ class CmdServerLoad(MuxCommand):
 
             if not is_pypy:
                 # Cache size measurements are not available on PyPy because it lacks sys.getsizeof
-                
+
                 # object cache size
                 cachedict = _idmapper.cache_size()
                 totcache = cachedict["_total"]
diff --git a/src/scripts/scripts.py b/src/scripts/scripts.py
index d773a58f95..6f7a6e9677 100644
--- a/src/scripts/scripts.py
+++ b/src/scripts/scripts.py
@@ -448,18 +448,19 @@ class ValidateChannelHandler(Script):
         #print "ValidateChannelHandler run."
         channelhandler.CHANNELHANDLER.update()
 
-# PyPy does not support sys.getsizeof, so the attribute cache dump script is skipped here.
-if not is_pypy:
-    class ClearAttributeCache(Script):
-        "Clear the attribute cache."
-        def at_script_creation(self):
-            "Setup the script"
-            self.key = "sys_cache_clear"
-            self.desc = _("Clears the Attribute Cache")
-            self.interval = 3600 * 2
-            self.persistent = True
-        def at_repeat(self):
-            "called every 2 hours. Sets a max attr-cache limit to 100 MB." # enough for normal usage?
-            attr_cache_size, _, _ = caches.get_cache_sizes()
-            if attr_cache_size > _ATTRIBUTE_CACHE_MAXSIZE:
-                caches.flush_attr_cache()
+class ClearAttributeCache(Script):
+    "Clear the attribute cache."
+    def at_script_creation(self):
+        "Setup the script"
+        self.key = "sys_cache_clear"
+        self.desc = _("Clears the Attribute Cache")
+        self.interval = 3600 * 2
+        self.persistent = True
+    def at_repeat(self):
+        "called every 2 hours. Sets a max attr-cache limit to 100 MB." # enough for normal usage?
+        if is_pypy:
+            # pypy don't support get_size, so we have to skip out here.
+            return
+        attr_cache_size, _, _ = caches.get_cache_sizes()
+        if attr_cache_size > _ATTRIBUTE_CACHE_MAXSIZE:
+            caches.flush_attr_cache()
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
index 4419d279dc..95c6c4fc23 100644
--- a/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# simple check to determine if we are currently running under pypy.
 try:
     import __pypy__ as is_pypy
 except ImportError: