diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfma/default.nix
index 946a5f7892e1..f27b9e8d504a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfma/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchpatch,
-  importlib-metadata,
   numpy,
   pybind11,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pybind11 ];
 
-  dependencies = [ numpy ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
+  dependencies = [ numpy ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];