diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
index dbfba4b33d95..7561d3fcb594 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
   flit-core,
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
   # dependencies
   blinker,
   click,
-  importlib-metadata,
   itsdangerous,
   jinja2,
   werkzeug,
@@ -47,8 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     itsdangerous
     jinja2
     werkzeug
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-metadata ];
+  ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {
     async = [ asgiref ];