diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5898a412..1c001460 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
                 "shapely", "donfig", "platformdirs",
                 ]
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
-    requirements.append('importlib_metadata')
-
 test_requires = ['rasterio', 'dask', 'xarray', 'cartopy>=0.20.0', 'pillow', 'matplotlib', 'scipy', 'zarr',
                  'pytest-lazy-fixtures', 'shapely', 'odc-geo']
 extras_require = {'numexpr': ['numexpr'],