diff --git a/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/ell_point.py b/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/ell_point.py
index bed60d063e9..6cb6569d5c6 100755
--- a/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/ell_point.py
+++ b/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/ell_point.py
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
 
 try:
     from sage.libs.pari.all import pari, PariError
-    from cypari2.pari_instance import prec_pari_to_bits
 except ImportError:
     PariError = ()