diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 5437124cb0..e1c4ab5393 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ importFrom(magrittr,"%>%")
 importFrom(pkgconfig,get_config)
 importFrom(pkgconfig,set_config)
 importFrom(pkgconfig,set_config_in)
+importFrom(rlang,"%||%")
 importFrom(rlang,.data)
 importFrom(rlang,.env)
 importFrom(rlang,check_dots_empty)
diff --git a/R/igraph-package.R b/R/igraph-package.R
index 2a948e1dec..07e28f7531 100644
--- a/R/igraph-package.R
+++ b/R/igraph-package.R
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #' @importFrom rlang check_installed
 #' @importFrom rlang inject
 #' @importFrom rlang warn
+#' @importFrom rlang %||%
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
 
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 70729f7ae3..a5469af9a8 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -41,19 +41,6 @@ add_class <- function(x, class) {
   x
 }
 
-`%||%` <- function(lhs, rhs) {
-  lres <- withVisible(eval(lhs, envir = parent.frame()))
-  if (is.null(lres$value)) {
-    eval(rhs, envir = parent.frame())
-  } else {
-    if (lres$visible) {
-      lres$value
-    } else {
-      invisible(lres$value)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 `%&&%` <- function(lhs, rhs) {
   lres <- withVisible(eval(lhs, envir = parent.frame()))
   if (!is.null(lres$value)) {