diff --git a/python/dune/xt/grid/__init__.py b/python/dune/xt/grid/__init__.py
index 8fdae9ccfe38f74b5cb2c5134b9a9f82b465f319..2d6764ad3949a2b383fd75506be2dd877a372a53 100644
--- a/python/dune/xt/grid/__init__.py
+++ b/python/dune/xt/grid/__init__.py
@@ -20,3 +20,17 @@ for mod_name in (
     ):
     guarded_import(globals(), 'dune.xt.grid', mod_name)
 
+
+def make_walker(gridprovider, level=0):
+    for factory in [globals()[s] for s in globals().keys() if s.startswith('make_walker_on_')]:
+        try:
+            return factory(gridprovider, level)
+        except:
+            continue
+    raise TypeError('no matching walker for gridview {}'.format(gridprovider.__class__))
+
+
+def make_apply_on_dirichlet_intersections(boundaryinfo, grid, layer='leaf_view', *args, **kwargs):
+    factory = globals()['make_apply_on_dirichlet_intersections_{}_{}'.format(layer, grid.grid_type)]
+    return factory(boundaryinfo, *args, **kwargs)
+
diff --git a/python/dune/xt/grid/walker/__init__.py b/python/dune/xt/grid/walker/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb1987dae8471cff109c2c36365db438ad26fac..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/dune/xt/grid/walker/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# ~~~
-# This file is part of the dune-xt-grid project:
-#   https://github.com/dune-community/dune-xt-grid
-# Copyright 2009-2018 dune-xt-grid developers and contributors. All rights reserved.
-# License: Dual licensed as BSD 2-Clause License (http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
-#      or  GPL-2.0+ (http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license)
-#          with "runtime exception" (http://www.dune-project.org/license.html)
-# Authors:
-#   René Fritze (2018 - 2019)
-# ~~~
-
-try:
-    from dune.xt._walker import *
-except ImportError as e:
-    import os
-    import logging
-    if os.environ.get('DXT_PYTHON_DEBUG', False):
-        raise e
-    logging.error('dune-xt-grid bindings not available')
-
-
-def make_walker(gridprovider, level=0):
-    for factory in [globals()[s] for s in globals().keys() if s.startswith('make_walker_on_')]:
-        try:
-            return factory(gridprovider, level)
-        except:
-            continue
-    raise TypeError('no matching walker for gridview {}'.format(gridprovider.__class__))
-
-
-def make_apply_on_dirichlet_intersections(boundaryinfo, grid, layer='leaf_view', *args, **kwargs):
-    factory = globals()['make_apply_on_dirichlet_intersections_{}_{}'.format(layer, grid.grid_type)]
-    return factory(boundaryinfo, *args, **kwargs)