diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
index 2466296855eec5a8f98e4a6442c2150d6b116370..f9144622cfc91144c30c7e9dd6c87c1853bd25f2 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
@@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ class PytatoArrayContext(ArrayContext):
 
         A :class:`pyopencl.CommandQueue`.
     """
-    import pytato as pt
-    _array_type_ = pt.Array
 
     def __init__(self, queue, allocator=None):
         super().__init__()