diff --git a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_bicgstab.fypp b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_bicgstab.fypp
index 73d3e7a09..9920b5371 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_bicgstab.fypp
+++ b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_bicgstab.fypp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ submodule(stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers) stdlib_linalg_iterative_bicgstab
     use stdlib_kinds
     use stdlib_sparse
     use stdlib_constants
-    use stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers
     use stdlib_optval, only: optval
     implicit none
 
diff --git a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_cg.fypp b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_cg.fypp
index c745e39ce..85762f580 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_cg.fypp
+++ b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_cg.fypp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ submodule(stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers) stdlib_linalg_iterative_cg
     use stdlib_kinds
     use stdlib_sparse
     use stdlib_constants
-    use stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers
     use stdlib_optval, only: optval
     implicit none
 
diff --git a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_pcg.fypp b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_pcg.fypp
index d75ea8d6f..b0e8cd502 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_pcg.fypp
+++ b/src/stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers_pcg.fypp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ submodule(stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers) stdlib_linalg_iterative_pcg
     use stdlib_kinds
     use stdlib_sparse
     use stdlib_constants
-    use stdlib_linalg_iterative_solvers
     use stdlib_optval, only: optval
     implicit none