diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
index c91c66f45b0e..7d8f2d812e43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchPypi,
   buildPythonPackage,
   isPyPy,
-  pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
   certifi,
@@ -39,9 +38,6 @@
   pyparsing,
   python-dateutil,
 
-  # optional
-  importlib-resources,
-
   # GTK3
   enableGtk3 ? false,
   cairo,
@@ -145,7 +141,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyparsing
     python-dateutil
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-resources ]
   ++ lib.optionals enableGtk3 [
     pycairo
     pygobject3