diff --git a/pygam/distributions.py b/pygam/distributions.py
index 64275a10..70053be9 100644
--- a/pygam/distributions.py
+++ b/pygam/distributions.py
@@ -657,9 +657,6 @@ def sample(self, mu):
         return np.random.wald(mean=mu, scale=self.scale, size=None)
 
 
-import scipy.special as sp_special
-
-
 class TweedieDist(Distribution):
     """
     Tweedie Distribution