diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/nvtext/generate_ngrams.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/nvtext/generate_ngrams.pyx
index cc9f139cdf9..7fdf9258b7f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/nvtext/generate_ngrams.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/nvtext/generate_ngrams.pyx
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 from cudf.core.buffer import acquire_spill_lock
 
-from pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
-from pylibcudf.scalar cimport Scalar as plc_Scalar
-
 from cudf._lib.column cimport Column
 
 from pylibcudf import nvtext
@@ -14,8 +11,8 @@ from pylibcudf import nvtext
 def generate_ngrams(Column strings, int ngrams, object py_separator):
     result = nvtext.generate_ngrams.generate_ngrams(
         strings.to_pylibcudf(mode="read"),
-        <size_type> ngrams,
-        <plc_Scalar> py_separator.device_value.c_value
+        ngrams,
+        py_separator.device_value.c_value
     )
     return Column.from_pylibcudf(result)
 
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ def generate_ngrams(Column strings, int ngrams, object py_separator):
 def generate_character_ngrams(Column strings, int ngrams):
     result = nvtext.generate_ngrams.generate_character_ngrams(
         strings.to_pylibcudf(mode="read"),
-        <size_type> ngrams
+        ngrams
     )
     return Column.from_pylibcudf(result)
 
@@ -33,6 +30,6 @@ def generate_character_ngrams(Column strings, int ngrams):
 def hash_character_ngrams(Column strings, int ngrams):
     result = nvtext.generate_ngrams.hash_character_ngrams(
         strings.to_pylibcudf(mode="read"),
-        <size_type> ngrams
+        ngrams
     )
     return Column.from_pylibcudf(result)