diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/biased_random_walks.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/biased_random_walks.py
index 9c70f21f63..41340cba8a 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/biased_random_walks.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/biased_random_walks.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import cudf
-import cupy as cp
 from pylibcugraph import ResourceHandle
 from pylibcugraph import (
     biased_random_walks as pylibcugraph_biased_random_walks,
diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/uniform_random_walks.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/uniform_random_walks.py
index ba4af23227..99d6695824 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/uniform_random_walks.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/sampling/uniform_random_walks.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import cudf
-import cupy as cp
 from pylibcugraph import ResourceHandle
 from pylibcugraph import (
     uniform_random_walks as pylibcugraph_uniform_random_walks,