diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
index d161e7added3..ed279f16d183 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/benchmark/benchmark.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bench( pkg, function benchmark( b ) {
 	len = 100;
 	lambda = new Float64Array( len );
 	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-		lambda[ i ] = uniform(0.1, 11);
+		lambda[ i ] = uniform(1, 11);
 	}
 
 	b.tic();
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/src/main.c b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/src/main.c
index 2063b3b008ca..c80d53ecc6c0 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/src/main.c
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/planck/stdev/src/main.c
@@ -36,6 +36,5 @@ double stdlib_base_dists_planck_stdev( const double lambda ) {
 	if ( stdlib_base_is_nan( lambda ) || lambda <= 0.0 ) {
 		return 0.0/0.0; // NaN
 	}
-	double exp_lambda = stdlib_base_exp( -lambda ) ;
-	return stdlib_base_sqrt( exp_lambda ) / stdlib_base_abs( stdlib_base_expm1( -lambda ) );
+	return stdlib_base_sqrt( stdlib_base_exp( -lambda )  ) / stdlib_base_abs( stdlib_base_expm1( -lambda ) );
 }