diff --git a/adafruit_esp32spi/digitalio.py b/adafruit_esp32spi/digitalio.py
index f46fc9b..c3d05ee 100755
--- a/adafruit_esp32spi/digitalio.py
+++ b/adafruit_esp32spi/digitalio.py
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ def drive_mode(self, mode):
         :param DriveMode mode: Defines the drive mode when outputting digital values.
         Either PUSH_PULL or OPEN_DRAIN
         """
-        self.__drive_mode = mode
         if mode is DriveMode.OPEN_DRAIN:
             raise NotImplementedError(
                 "Drive mode %s not implemented in ESP32SPI." % mode
diff --git a/examples/esp32spi_tcp_client.py b/examples/esp32spi_tcp_client.py
index d178c20..e635d0c 100644
--- a/examples/esp32spi_tcp_client.py
+++ b/examples/esp32spi_tcp_client.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Adafruit Industries
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+from secrets import secrets  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 import board
 from digitalio import DigitalInOut
 from adafruit_esp32spi import adafruit_esp32spi
 import adafruit_esp32spi.adafruit_esp32spi_socket as socket
-import adafruit_requests as requests
-from secrets import secrets
 
 
 TIMEOUT = 5