diff --git a/httomolibgpu/recon/rotation.py b/httomolibgpu/recon/rotation.py
index 3c26fb42..b8101c05 100644
--- a/httomolibgpu/recon/rotation.py
+++ b/httomolibgpu/recon/rotation.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 cupy_run = False
 try:
     import cupy as xp
-    import cupyx
-    from cupyx.scipy.ndimage import gaussian_filter, shift
+
+    # from cupyx.scipy.ndimage import gaussian_filter, shift
 
     try:
         xp.cuda.Device(0).compute_capability
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@
 except ImportError:
     import numpy as np
 
-try:
-    from cucim.skimage.registration import phase_cross_correlation
-except ImportError:
-    print(
-        "Cucim library of Rapidsai is a required dependency for find_center_pc method, please install"
-    )
-
 import nvtx
 import math
 from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
@@ -750,6 +743,12 @@ def find_center_pc(proj1, proj2, tol=0.5, rotc_guess=None):
     float
         Rotation axis location.
     """
+    if cupy_run:
+        from cupyx.scipy.ndimage import shift
+        from cucim.skimage.registration import phase_cross_correlation
+    else:
+        from scipy.ndimage import shift
+        from skimage.registration import phase_cross_correlation
 
     imgshift = 0.0 if rotc_guess is None else rotc_guess - (proj1.shape[1] - 1.0) / 2.0