diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 831085074d5c93c333f39729bbc9b35af4226a57..28a5a1a613f292604dd75474d189f147af677a8a 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/globals"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/parse"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/user"
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/cyclic"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/large"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/id"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/ndf"