diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index f7ca2371..6d5b7632 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ desc = "A lightweight interface for common MCMC methods."
 version = "0.1.0"
 
 [deps]
-Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
 ProgressMeter = "92933f4c-e287-5a05-a399-4b506db050ca"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
+StatsBase = "2913bbd2-ae8a-5f71-8c99-4fb6c76f3a91"
 
 [compat]
 ProgressMeter = "~1.2"
+StatsBase = "~0.32"
 julia = "~1"
diff --git a/src/AbstractMCMC.jl b/src/AbstractMCMC.jl
index f7e1da78..b77060b2 100644
--- a/src/AbstractMCMC.jl
+++ b/src/AbstractMCMC.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module AbstractMCMC
 
 using Random, ProgressMeter
 import Random: GLOBAL_RNG, AbstractRNG, seed!
-import Distributions: sample
+import StatsBase: sample
 
 export AbstractSampler,
     AbstractChains,