diff --git a/python/damask/_orientation.py b/python/damask/_orientation.py
index a568eb0f1..3d4d259ff 100644
--- a/python/damask/_orientation.py
+++ b/python/damask/_orientation.py
@@ -9,27 +9,6 @@ from . import util
 from . import tensor
 
 
-lattice_symmetries = {
-                'aP': 'triclinic',
-
-                'mP': 'monoclinic',
-                'mS': 'monoclinic',
-
-                'oP': 'orthorhombic',
-                'oS': 'orthorhombic',
-                'oI': 'orthorhombic',
-                'oF': 'orthorhombic',
-
-                'tP': 'tetragonal',
-                'tI': 'tetragonal',
-
-                'hP': 'hexagonal',
-
-                'cP': 'cubic',
-                'cI': 'cubic',
-                'cF': 'cubic',
-               }
-
 _parameter_doc = \
        """
         family : {'triclinic', 'monoclinic', 'orthorhombic', 'tetragonal', 'hexagonal', 'cubic'}, optional.
diff --git a/python/tests/test_Orientation.py b/python/tests/test_Orientation.py
index 686ed66c2..9f623fc6c 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_Orientation.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_Orientation.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from damask import Orientation
 from damask import Table
 from damask import util
 from damask import grid_filters
-from damask import _orientation
+from damask import _crystal
 
-crystal_families = set(_orientation.lattice_symmetries.values())
+crystal_families = set(_crystal.lattice_symmetries.values())
 
 
 @pytest.fixture