diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 38c3b3e5d..ddac385a4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ install_requires =
     pyjwt<3.0.0
     pytz
     requests<3.0.0
-    importlib-metadata; python_version < '3.8'
     packaging
     charset_normalizer>=2,<4
     idna>=2.5,<4