diff --git a/src/stdlib_stats_distribution_normal.fypp b/src/stdlib_stats_distribution_normal.fypp
index 35788ef1e..3ee50ea6f 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_stats_distribution_normal.fypp
+++ b/src/stdlib_stats_distribution_normal.fypp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 module stdlib_stats_distribution_normal
     use ieee_arithmetic, only: ieee_value, ieee_quiet_nan
     use stdlib_kinds, only: sp, dp, xdp, qp, int32
-    use stdlib_error, only: error_stop
     use stdlib_random, only: dist_rand
     use stdlib_stats_distribution_uniform, only: uni => rvs_uniform