diff --git a/jedi/api/completion.py b/jedi/api/completion.py
index 9a479c6c..0c58aa63 100644
--- a/jedi/api/completion.py
+++ b/jedi/api/completion.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from jedi import debug
 from jedi import settings
 from jedi.api import classes
 from jedi.api import helpers
-from jedi.api import inference
 from jedi.evaluate import imports
 from jedi.api import keywords
 from jedi.evaluate import compiled
diff --git a/jedi/api/inference.py b/jedi/api/inference.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c26cb30..00000000
--- a/jedi/api/inference.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"""
-This module has helpers for doing type inference on strings. It is needed,
-because we still want to infer types where the syntax is invalid.
-"""
-from jedi.parser import Parser, ParseError
-from jedi.evaluate.cache import memoize_default
-
-
-@memoize_default(evaluator_is_first_arg=True)
-def get_under_cursor_stmt(evaluator, parser, cursor_txt, start_pos):
-    """
-    Create a syntax tree node from a string under the cursor. Directly taking
-    the node under the cursor (of the actual syntax tree) would disallow
-    invalid code to be understood.
-
-    The start_pos is typically the position of the current cursor, which may
-    not be the real starting position of that node, but it works perfectly well
-    (for both completions in docstrings and statements).
-    """
-    try:
-        stmt = Parser(evaluator.grammar, cursor_txt, 'eval_input').get_parsed_node()
-    except ParseError:
-        return None
-
-    user_stmt = parser.user_stmt()
-    if user_stmt is None:
-        pos = start_pos
-    else:
-        pos = user_stmt.start_pos
-
-    stmt.move(pos[0] - 1, pos[1])  # Moving the offset.
-    stmt.parent = parser.user_scope()
-    return stmt