diff --git a/R/frequency.R b/R/frequency.R
index 378a6967..1d552cc8 100644
--- a/R/frequency.R
+++ b/R/frequency.R
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ get_frequencies.NULL <- function(period, data, ...,
 #' @rdname freq_tools
 #' @export
 get_frequencies.character <- function(period, data, ...){
-  require_package("lubridate")
+  check_installed("lubridate")
   m <- lubridate::as.period(period)
   if(is.na(m)) abort(paste("Unknown period:", period))
   get_frequencies(m, data, ...)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ get_frequencies.character <- function(period, data, ...){
 #' @rdname freq_tools
 #' @export
 get_frequencies.Period <- function(period, data, ...){
-  require_package("lubridate")
+  check_installed("lubridate")
   
   interval <- tsibble::interval(data)
   
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ get_frequencies.Period <- function(period, data, ...){
     lubridate::microseconds(microsecond) + lubridate::nanoseconds(nanosecond))
   
   suppressMessages(period / interval)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/R/model.R b/R/model.R
index a29b63a4..d6bd60f8 100644
--- a/R/model.R
+++ b/R/model.R
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Check that specified model(s) are model definitions.", nm[which(!is_mdl)[1]]))
   }
   
   if(is_attached("package:future")){
-    require_package("future.apply")
+    check_installed("future.apply")
     eval_models <- function(models, lst_data){
       out <- future.apply::future_mapply(
         rep(lst_data, length(models)),
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ model_rhs <- function(model){
   else{
     expr(NULL)
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/R/model_decomposition.R b/R/model_decomposition.R
index 0508a5f4..5b3c8e21 100644
--- a/R/model_decomposition.R
+++ b/R/model_decomposition.R
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Please specify an appropriate model for these components",
   }
   
   mdls_default <- if(!is_empty(miss_vars)){
-    require_package("fable")
+    check_installed("fable")
     lag <- NULL
     
     structure[miss_vars] %>% 
diff --git a/R/reconciliation.R b/R/reconciliation.R
index e43c0c16..dda8361c 100644
--- a/R/reconciliation.R
+++ b/R/reconciliation.R
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ forecast.lst_mint_mdl <- function(object, key_data,
   method <- object%@%"method"
   sparse <- object%@%"sparse"
   if(sparse){
-    require_package("Matrix")
+    check_installed("Matrix")
     as.matrix <- Matrix::as.matrix
     t <- Matrix::t
     diag <- function(x) if(is.vector(x)) Matrix::Diagonal(x = x) else Matrix::diag(x)
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ reconcile_fbl_list <- function(fc, S, P, W, point_forecast, SP = NULL) {
   }
   if(!inherits(S, "matrix")) {
     # Use sparse functions
-    require_package("Matrix")
+    check_installed("Matrix")
     as.matrix <- Matrix::as.matrix
     t <- Matrix::t
     diag <- function(x) if(is.vector(x)) Matrix::Diagonal(x = x) else Matrix::diag(x)
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index e9231edb..0ad75644 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ big_mark <- function (x, ...) {
   ret
 }
 
-require_package <- function(pkg){
-  if(!requireNamespace(pkg, quietly = TRUE)){
-    abort(
-      sprintf('The `%s` package must be installed to use this functionality. It can be installed with install.packages("%s")', pkg, pkg)
-    )
-  }
-}
-
 calc <- function(f, ...){
   f(...)
 }
@@ -262,7 +254,7 @@ mapply_maybe_parallel <- function (.f, ..., MoreArgs = list(), SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
     .f(...)
   }
   if(is_attached("package:future")){
-    require_package("future.apply")
+    check_installed("future.apply")
     future.apply::future_mapply(
       FUN = .fp,
       ...,