diff --git a/news/resampler-relocation.rst b/news/resampler-relocation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..220fc2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/resampler-relocation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Moved resampler out of parsers, new path is diffpy.utils.resampler
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Relative imports in parser's __init__.py
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/utils/parsers/__init__.py b/src/diffpy/utils/parsers/__init__.py
index a2104181..cd95dd63 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/utils/parsers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/utils/parsers/__init__.py
@@ -16,12 +16,4 @@
 """Various utilities related to data parsing and manipulation.
 """
 
-from .loaddata import loadData
-from .resample import resample
-from .serialization import deserialize_data, serialize_data
-
-# silence the pyflakes syntax checker
-assert loadData or resample or True
-assert serialize_data or deserialize_data or True
-
 # End of file
diff --git a/src/diffpy/utils/parsers/resample.py b/src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/diffpy/utils/parsers/resample.py
rename to src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py
diff --git a/tests/test_loaddata.py b/tests/test_loaddata.py
index 2ca2fa07..3d775c74 100644
--- a/tests/test_loaddata.py
+++ b/tests/test_loaddata.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import numpy
 import pytest
 
-from diffpy.utils.parsers import loadData
+from diffpy.utils.parsers.loaddata import loadData
 
 
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/tests/test_resample.py b/tests/test_resample.py
index fa9c7e70..deddcca2 100644
--- a/tests/test_resample.py
+++ b/tests/test_resample.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from diffpy.utils.parsers.resample import wsinterp
+from diffpy.utils.resampler import wsinterp
 
 
 def test_wsinterp():
diff --git a/tests/test_serialization.py b/tests/test_serialization.py
index 51921e01..fc3696bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_serialization.py
+++ b/tests/test_serialization.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 import numpy
 import pytest
 
-from diffpy.utils.parsers import deserialize_data, loadData, serialize_data
 from diffpy.utils.parsers.custom_exceptions import ImproperSizeError, UnsupportedTypeError
+from diffpy.utils.parsers.loaddata import loadData
+from diffpy.utils.parsers.serialization import deserialize_data, serialize_data
 
 tests_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(locals().get("__file__", "file.py")))