diff --git a/.basedpyright/baseline.json b/.basedpyright/baseline.json
index e7f15d70..3bb025f7 100644
--- a/.basedpyright/baseline.json
+++ b/.basedpyright/baseline.json
@@ -11651,14 +11651,6 @@
                     "lineCount": 1
                 }
             },
-            {
-                "code": "reportUnusedClass",
-                "range": {
-                    "startColumn": 10,
-                    "endColumn": 41,
-                    "lineCount": 1
-                }
-            },
             {
                 "code": "reportInvalidCast",
                 "range": {
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/outline.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/outline.py
index a2d627f1..ea0268b6 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/outline.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/outline.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
 
-    from pymbolic import Scalar
     from pytools.tag import Tag
 
     from arraycontext.impl.pytato import _BasePytatoArrayContext
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ def get_placeholder_replacement(
         if arg is None:
             return None
         elif np.isscalar(arg):
-            return cast("Scalar", arg)
+            return arg
         elif isinstance(arg, pt.Array):
             return arg_id_to_placeholder[key]
         elif is_array_container_type(arg.__class__):