diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/__init__.py b/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f411ee48fd9..00000000000
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 The Cirq Developers
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from cirq.contrib.quil_import.quil import circuit_from_quil
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/requirements.txt b/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/requirements.txt
index 4063f51ae56..648e9273dbf 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/requirements.txt
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,3 @@ opt_einsum
 autoray
 # required for py39 opcodes.
 numba>=0.53.0
-
-# quil import
-pyquil~=2.28.2; python_version < "3.7"
-pyquil~=3.0.0; python_version >= "3.7"
diff --git a/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/__init__.py b/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/__init__.py
index 4e4a9f4361e..ac81e36f5fe 100644
--- a/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/__init__.py
+++ b/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     UnsupportedRigettiQCSOperation,
     UnsupportedRigettiQCSQuantumProcessor,
 )
+from cirq_rigetti.quil_input import circuit_from_quil
 
 
 # Registers the cirq_rigetti's public classes for JSON serialization.
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/quil.py b/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/quil_input.py
similarity index 100%
rename from cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/quil.py
rename to cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/quil_input.py
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/quil_test.py b/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/quil_input_test.py
similarity index 99%
rename from cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/quil_test.py
rename to cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/quil_input_test.py
index 34cbda562c8..453c0551ca7 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quil_import/quil_test.py
+++ b/cirq-rigetti/cirq_rigetti/quil_input_test.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from pyquil.simulation.tools import program_unitary
 
 from cirq import Circuit, LineQubit
-from cirq.contrib.quil_import.quil import (
+from cirq_rigetti.quil_input import (
     UndefinedQuilGate,
     UnsupportedQuilInstruction,
     circuit_from_quil,