diff --git a/src/core/features/course/components/components.module.ts b/src/core/features/course/components/components.module.ts
index dcac3d294..72b78780f 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/components/components.module.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/components/components.module.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { CoreSharedModule } from '@/core/shared.module';
 import { CoreBlockComponentsModule } from '@features/block/components/components.module';
-import { CoreCourseFormatComponent } from './course-format/course-format';
 import { CoreCourseModuleComponent } from './module/module';
 import { CoreCourseModuleCompletionComponent } from './module-completion/module-completion';
 import { CoreCourseTagAreaComponent } from './tag-area/tag-area';
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import { CoreCourseModuleCompletionDetailsComponent } from './module-completion-
 
 @NgModule({
     declarations: [
-        CoreCourseFormatComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleCompletionComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleCompletionLegacyComponent,
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ import { CoreCourseModuleCompletionDetailsComponent } from './module-completion-
         CoreSharedModule,
     ],
     exports: [
-        CoreCourseFormatComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleCompletionComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleCompletionLegacyComponent,
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/components/course-format/course-format.ts b/src/core/features/course/components/course-format/course-format.ts
index e89377e26..2f472b486 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/components/course-format/course-format.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/components/course-format/course-format.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ import { CoreUserTourDirectiveOptions } from '@directives/user-tour';
 import { CoreAnalytics, CoreAnalyticsEventType } from '@services/analytics';
 import { ContextLevel } from '@/core/constants';
 import { CoreModals } from '@services/modals';
+import { CoreSharedModule } from '@/core/shared.module';
+import { CoreBlockComponentsModule } from '@features/block/components/components.module';
+import { CoreCourseComponentsModule } from '../components.module';
 
 /**
  * Component to display course contents using a certain format. If the format isn't found, use default one.
@@ -68,6 +71,12 @@ import { CoreModals } from '@services/modals';
     selector: 'core-course-format',
     templateUrl: 'course-format.html',
     styleUrls: ['course-format.scss'],
+    standalone: true,
+    imports: [
+        CoreSharedModule,
+        CoreBlockComponentsModule,
+        CoreCourseComponentsModule,
+    ],
 })
 export class CoreCourseFormatComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
 
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/course-contents-lazy.module.ts b/src/core/features/course/course-contents-lazy.module.ts
index fbbd96d6d..0d1d84b74 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/course-contents-lazy.module.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/course-contents-lazy.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { CoreCourseComponentsModule } from '@features/course/components/componen
 import { CoreSharedModule } from '@/core/shared.module';
 import { resolveContentsRoutes } from '@features/course/course-contents-routing.module';
 import { CoreCourseContentsPage } from '@features/course/pages/contents/contents';
+import { CoreCourseFormatComponent } from './components/course-format/course-format';
 
 /**
  * Build module routes.
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ function buildRoutes(injector: Injector): Routes {
     imports: [
         CoreSharedModule,
         CoreCourseComponentsModule,
+        CoreCourseFormatComponent,
     ],
     declarations: [
         CoreCourseContentsPage,
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/course.module.ts b/src/core/features/course/course.module.ts
index bddcbe8a4..1cd36f03a 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/course.module.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/course.module.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,13 @@ export async function getCourseStandaloneComponents(): Promise<Type<unknown>[]>
     // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
     const { CoreCourseModuleManualCompletionComponent } =
         await import('@features/course/components/module-manual-completion/module-manual-completion');
+    const { CoreCourseFormatComponent } =
+        await import('@features/course/components/course-format/course-format');
 
     return [
         CoreCourseModuleDescriptionComponent,
         CoreCourseModuleManualCompletionComponent,
+        CoreCourseFormatComponent,
     ];
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/services/course.ts b/src/core/features/course/services/course.ts
index dfb5e833e..2e6b48830 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/services/course.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/services/course.ts
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ export class CoreCourseProvider {
             });
 
             return;
-        } catch (error) {
+        } catch {
             // The site plugin failed to load. The user needs to restart the app to try loading it again.
             const message = Translate.instant('core.courses.errorloadplugins');
             const reload = Translate.instant('core.courses.reload');