diff --git a/bilby/bilby_mcmc/sampler.py b/bilby/bilby_mcmc/sampler.py
index 3decaf74a443d8668212e6a32c9cb4a44850f1a0..6485ce1a00bfddb52e0d5e11d608ba20044a6ef8 100644
--- a/bilby/bilby_mcmc/sampler.py
+++ b/bilby/bilby_mcmc/sampler.py
@@ -1076,9 +1076,6 @@ class BilbyMCMCSampler(object):
         Eindex=0,
         use_ratio=False,
     ):
-        from ..core.sampler.base_sampler import _sampling_convenience_dump
-
-        self._sampling_helper = _sampling_convenience_dump
         self.beta = beta
         self.Tindex = Tindex
         self.Eindex = Eindex