diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4b6bbbb9..ee636db6 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ author = 'James R. Barlow'
 # The short X.Y version.
 
 import os
+from importlib.metadata import version as package_version
+
 
 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS') == 'True'
 
@@ -96,10 +98,6 @@ if on_rtd:
     ]
     sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
 
-try:
-    from importlib_metadata import version as package_version
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    from importlib.metadata import version as package_version
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = package_version('ocrmypdf')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d0aba2a..7e9ba8df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ module = [
   'pdfminer.*',
   'reportlab.*',
   'fitz',
-  'libxmp.utils',
-  'importlib_metadata'
+  'libxmp.utils'
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_version.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_version.py
index 11f8ed3f..4b368f3e 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_version.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_version.py
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ OCRmyPDF uses setuptools_scm to derive version from git tags.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-try:
-    from importlib.metadata import version as _package_version
-except ImportError:
-    from importlib_metadata import version as _package_version  # type: ignore
+from importlib.metadata import version as _package_version
 
 PROGRAM_NAME = 'ocrmypdf'