diff --git a/funsor/compat/__init__.py b/funsor/compat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/funsor/compat/ops.py b/funsor/compat/ops.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60161922c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/funsor/compat/ops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from torch import ones, randn, tensor, zeros  # noqa F401
+
+from .ops import *  # noqa F401
diff --git a/funsor/ops.py b/funsor/ops.py
index 38946be9f..66c5a81aa 100644
--- a/funsor/ops.py
+++ b/funsor/ops.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 from multipledispatch import Dispatcher
-from torch import tensor
 
 _builtin_abs = abs
 _builtin_max = max
@@ -345,7 +344,6 @@ def reciprocal(x):
     'sigmoid',
     'sqrt',
     'sub',
-    'tensor',
     'truediv',
     'xor',
 ]