diff --git a/statsmodels/distributions/__init__.py b/statsmodels/distributions/__init__.py
index 2e9063b96cf..a8267be8e01 100644
--- a/statsmodels/distributions/__init__.py
+++ b/statsmodels/distributions/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 from empirical_distribution import ECDF, monotone_fn_inverter, StepFunction
 from edgeworth import ExpandedNormal
 
-from statsmodels import NoseWrapper as Tester
-test = Tester().test
-