diff --git a/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py b/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
index 237721b2a836d585cb25548809c4d1e5517be8d2..7a7686a1c3e384731e3b9b5ff16401012837eefb 100644
--- a/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
+++ b/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ setup_pybind11(cfg)
         source_code = self.CPP_IMPORT_PREFIX + str(self)
         hash_str = _hash(source_code.encode()).hexdigest()
         cache_dir = join(get_cache_config()['object_cache'], f'cppimport_{hash_str}')
-        file_name = join(cache_dir,  f'{self.module_name}.cpp')
+        file_name = join(cache_dir, f'{self.module_name}.cpp')
 
         os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
         if not exists(file_name):
diff --git a/src/pystencils_autodiff/field_tensor_conversion.py b/src/pystencils_autodiff/field_tensor_conversion.py
index 72382b11ab592ce0b03df8d9485d000f57183fe8..7c14294421113907e360688a340c455c71f74004 100644
--- a/src/pystencils_autodiff/field_tensor_conversion.py
+++ b/src/pystencils_autodiff/field_tensor_conversion.py
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ def create_field_from_array_like(field_name, maybe_array, annotations=None):
         index_dimensions = 0
         field_type = FieldType.GENERIC
 
-    try:
-        import torch
-    except ImportError:
-        torch = None
-
     if 'tensorflow.python.' in str(type(maybe_array)) and 'Tensor' in str(type(maybe_array)):
         try:
             # This fails on eager execution