diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
index 773ee98579185f489ab336ccc5de7a21d15c2227..153ab14572dad39d6e5b1e266a2da49d04285399 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from pyrsistent import pmap, PMap
 try:
     import pyopencl as cl  # noqa: F401
     import pyopencl.array as cla
-    import pytato as pt
+    import pytato as pt  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ class PytatoPyOpenCLArrayContext(ArrayContext):
             warn("'arg_names' don't bear any significance in "
                  "PytatoPyOpenCLArrayContext.", stacklevel=2)
 
-
         def preprocess_arg(arg):
             if isinstance(arg, cla.Array):
                 return self.thaw(arg)