diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 8345eff..776a200 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ importFrom(rlang,"%||%")
 importFrom(rlang,caller_arg)
 importFrom(rlang,caller_env)
 importFrom(rlang,check_dots_empty)
+importFrom(stbl,stabilize_chr)
 importFrom(stbl,stabilize_chr_scalar)
-importFrom(stbl,to_chr_scalar)
 importFrom(xml2,url_absolute)
 importFrom(yaml,read_yaml)
diff --git a/R/components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R b/R/components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
index f2c3409..c1564fe 100644
--- a/R/components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
+++ b/R/components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ S7::method(
 ) <- function(x, ..., arg = caller_arg(x), call = caller_env()) {
   force(arg)
   x <- unlist(x)
-  x <- stbl::stabilize_chr(x, x_arg = arg)
+  x <- stabilize_chr(x, x_arg = arg)
   if (!rlang::is_named2(x)) {
     cli::cli_abort(
       "{.arg {arg}} must be a named character vector.",
diff --git a/R/properties.R b/R/properties.R
index 8184c05..21902c0 100644
--- a/R/properties.R
+++ b/R/properties.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ character_scalar_property <- function(x_arg, ...) {
     setter = function(self, value) {
       call <- caller_env(3)
       value <- value %||% character()
-      value <- stbl::stabilize_chr_scalar(
+      value <- stabilize_chr_scalar(
         value,
         allow_null = FALSE,
         x_arg = x_arg,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ enum_property <- function(x_arg) {
       value <- purrr::map(
         value,
         function(enumerations) {
-          enumerations <- stbl::stabilize_chr(
+          enumerations <- stabilize_chr(
             enumerations,
             allow_na = FALSE,
             x_arg = x_arg,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ list_of_characters <- function(x_arg, ...) {
         value,
         function(x) {
           x <- x %|0|% character()
-          stbl::stabilize_chr(
+          stabilize_chr(
             x,
             allow_na = FALSE,
             x_arg = x_arg,
diff --git a/R/rapid-package.R b/R/rapid-package.R
index 4a6e3f4..ed07195 100644
--- a/R/rapid-package.R
+++ b/R/rapid-package.R
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #' @importFrom S7 class_missing
 #' @importFrom S7 prop
 #' @importFrom S7 prop<-
+#' @importFrom stbl stabilize_chr
 #' @importFrom stbl stabilize_chr_scalar
-#' @importFrom stbl to_chr_scalar
 #' @importFrom xml2 url_absolute
 #' @importFrom yaml read_yaml
 ## usethis namespace: end
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R b/tests/testthat/test-components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
index 79e1845..01d41bc 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-components-security_scheme-oauth2-scopes.R
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ test_that("as_scopes() errors informatively for bad classes", {
   )
 })
 
+test_that("as_scopes() errors informatively for weird lists", {
+  expect_error(
+    as_scopes(list(a = mean)),
+    class = "stbl_error_coerce_character"
+  )
+})
+
 test_that("as_scopes() returns expected objects", {
   expect_identical(
     as_scopes(