diff --git a/R/calc_dist_params.R b/R/calc_dist_params.R
index 77676d1b8..e3dfdf201 100644
--- a/R/calc_dist_params.R
+++ b/R/calc_dist_params.R
@@ -116,42 +116,3 @@ calc_dist_params <- function(prob_dist,
   # return params
   prob_dist_params
 }
-
-#' Converts summary statistics to parameters of a probability distribution
-#'
-#' @description The summary_stats object needs to have a class attribute with
-#' the name of the probability distribution in order for the correct conversion
-#' function to be dispatched.
-#'
-#' @inheritParams new_epidist
-#' @inheritParams epidist
-#'
-#' @return Named vector
-#' @keywords internal
-convert_params <- function(summary_stats,
-                           prob_dist) {
-  params <- switch(prob_dist,
-    "gamma" = unlist(
-      gamma_meansd2shapescale(
-        mean = summary_stats$centre_spread$mean,
-        sd = summary_stats$centre_spread$sd
-      )
-    ),
-    "lnorm" =  unlist(
-      lnorm_meansd2meanlogsdlog(
-        mean = summary_stats$centre_spread$mean,
-        sd = summary_stats$centre_spread$sd
-      )
-    ),
-    "weibull" = unlist(
-      weibull_meansd2shapescale(
-        mean = summary_stats$centre_spread$mean,
-        sd = summary_stats$centre_spread$sd
-      )
-    ),
-    stop("No conversion functions for ", prob_dist, call. = FALSE)
-  )
-
-  # return params
-  params
-}