diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/from-scalar/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/from-scalar/lib/main.js
index 89d792c1620e..138b4184a86c 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/from-scalar/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/from-scalar/lib/main.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var isBoolean = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-boolean' ).isPrimitive;
 var isAccessorArray = require( '@stdlib/array/base/assert/is-accessor-array' );
 var accessorSetter = require( '@stdlib/array/base/accessor-setter' );
 var setter = require( '@stdlib/array/base/setter' );
-var zeros = require( '@stdlib/array/zeros' );
+var empty = require( '@stdlib/array/empty' );
 var dtype = require( '@stdlib/complex/dtype' );
 var defaults = require( '@stdlib/array/defaults' );
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function scalar2array( value ) {
 	} else {
 		dt = arguments[ 1 ];
 	}
-	out = zeros( 1, dt ); // delegate dtype validation to `zeros`
+	out = empty( 1, dt ); // delegate allocation and dtype validation to `empty`
 	if ( flg && isComplexDataType( dt ) ) {
 		v = [ value, 0.0 ]; // note: we're assuming that the ComplexXXArray setter accepts an array of interleaved real and imaginary components
 	} else {