pypa · Avasam · Feb 9, 2026
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ recursive-include tests *.py
 recursive-include setuptools/tests *.html
 recursive-include docs *.py *.txt *.rst *.conf *.css *.css_t Makefile indexsidebar.html
 recursive-include setuptools/_vendor *
-recursive-include pkg_resources *.py *.txt
-recursive-include pkg_resources/tests/data *
 recursive-include tools *
 recursive-include newsfragments *
 include *.py

diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     'setuptools/tests/mod_with_constant.py',
     'setuptools/_distutils',
     '_distutils_hack',
-    'pkg_resources/tests/data',
     'setuptools/_vendor',
     'setuptools/config/_validate_pyproject',
     'setuptools/modified.py',

diff --git a/docs/development/developer-guide.rst b/docs/development/developer-guide.rst
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ cannot be declared as they won't be resolved soon enough to build
 setuptools from source. Eventually, this limitation may be lifted as
 PEP 517/518 reach ubiquitous adoption, but for now, Setuptools
 cannot declare dependencies other than through
-``setuptools/_vendor/vendored.txt`` and
-``pkg_resources/_vendor/vendored.txt``.
+``setuptools/_vendor/vendored.txt``.
 
 All the dependencies specified in these files are "vendorized" using a
 simple Python script ``tools/vendor.py``.

diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ exclude = (?x)(
 	# These are vendored
 	| ^setuptools/_vendor/
 	| ^setuptools/_distutils/
-	# Duplicate module name
-	| ^pkg_resources/tests/data/my-test-package-source/setup.py$
 	)
+
 [mypy-setuptools.*]
 disable_error_code =
 	# DistributionMetadata.license_files and DistributionMetadata.license_file
@@ -43,30 +42,25 @@ disable_error_code =
 	# See issue described below about distutils across Python versions
 	has-type,
 
-# - pkg_resources tests create modules that won't exists statically before the test is run.
-#   Let's ignore all "import-not-found" since, if an import really wasn't found, then the test would fail.
-[mypy-pkg_resources.tests.*]
-disable_error_code = import-not-found
-
-# - distutils doesn't exist on Python 3.12, unfortunately, this means typing
-#   will be missing for subclasses of distutils on Python 3.12 until either:
-#     - support for `SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib` is dropped (#3625)
-#       for setuptools to import `_distutils` directly
-#     - or non-stdlib distutils typings are exposed
+# distutils doesn't exist on Python 3.12, unfortunately, this means typing
+# will be missing for subclasses of distutils on Python 3.12 until either:
+#   - support for `SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib` is dropped (#3625)
+#     for setuptools to import `_distutils` directly
+#   - or non-stdlib distutils typings are exposed
 [mypy-distutils.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
-#  - wheel: does not intend on exposing a programmatic API https://github.com/pypa/wheel/pull/610#issuecomment-2081687671
+# wheel: does not intend on exposing a programmatic API https://github.com/pypa/wheel/pull/610#issuecomment-2081687671
 [mypy-wheel.*]
 follow_untyped_imports = True
-# - The following are not marked as py.typed:
+
+# The following are not marked as py.typed:
 #  - jaraco: Since mypy 1.12, the root name of the untyped namespace package gets called-out too
 #  - jaraco.develop: https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.develop/issues/22
 #  - jaraco.envs: https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.envs/issues/7
 #  - jaraco.packaging: https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.packaging/issues/20
 #  - jaraco.path: https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.path/issues/2
-#  - jaraco.text: https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.text/issues/17
-[mypy-jaraco,jaraco.develop.*,jaraco.envs,jaraco.packaging.*,jaraco.path,jaraco.text]
+[mypy-jaraco,jaraco.develop.*,jaraco.envs,jaraco.packaging.*,jaraco.path]
 follow_untyped_imports = True
 
 # Even when excluding a module, import issues can show up due to following import

diff --git a/newsfragments/5175.misc.rst b/newsfragments/5175.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cleanup `pkg_resources` dependencies and configuration -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ core = [
 	"tomli>=2.0.1; python_version < '3.11'",
 	"wheel>=0.43.0",
 
-	# pkg_resources
-	"platformdirs >= 4.2.2", # Made ctypes optional (see #4461)
-
 	# for distutils
 	"jaraco.functools >= 4",
 	"more_itertools",

diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ ignore = [
 [lint.per-file-ignores]
 # Suppress nuisance warnings about module-import-not-at-top-of-file (E402) due to workaround for #4476
 "setuptools/__init__.py" = ["E402"]
-# pkg_resources is due for removal, not worth fixing existing errors
-"pkg_resources/__init__.py" = ["E402", "ANN204"]
-"pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py" = ["PT031"]
 
 [lint.isort]
 combine-as-imports = true

diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ pass_env =
 	PRE_BUILT_SETUPTOOLS_SDIST
 	TIMEOUT_BACKEND_TEST  # timeout (in seconds) for test_build_meta
 	SSH_AUTH_SOCK  # for exercise.py if repo was checked out with ssh
-	windir  # required for test_pkg_resources
 	# honor git config in pytest-perf
 	HOME
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		Cleanup `pkg_resources` dependencies and configuration -- by :user:`Avasam`