diff --git a/parallel/blockiteration.py b/datahandling/blockiteration.py
similarity index 100%
rename from parallel/blockiteration.py
rename to datahandling/blockiteration.py
diff --git a/datahandling/serial_datahandling.py b/datahandling/serial_datahandling.py
index 077801719d50f090a7aed1da691128507fe8deaf..93e7026514d10d3ee95828ce6ec8e1fd5736e16e 100644
--- a/datahandling/serial_datahandling.py
+++ b/datahandling/serial_datahandling.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from pystencils import Field
 from pystencils.datahandling.datahandling_interface import DataHandling
 from pystencils.field import layout_string_to_tuple, spatial_layout_string_to_tuple, create_numpy_array_with_layout
-from pystencils.parallel.blockiteration import SerialBlock
+from pystencils.datahandling.blockiteration import SerialBlock
 from pystencils.slicing import normalize_slice, remove_ghost_layers
 from pystencils.utils import DotDict
 
diff --git a/parallel/__init__.py b/parallel/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000