diff --git a/GPy/util/__init__.py b/GPy/util/__init__.py
index 3a9fbdb8..9dad679d 100644
--- a/GPy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/util/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import diag
 import initialization
 import multioutput
 import linalg_gpu
-import mpi
+import parallel
 
 try:
     import sympy