diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dns-lexicon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dns-lexicon/default.nix
index 5cf56ac43e41..f5a5b212f380 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dns-lexicon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dns-lexicon/default.nix
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@
   cryptography,
   dnspython,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  importlib-metadata,
   localzone,
   oci,
   poetry-core,
   pyotp,
   pytest-vcr,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
   pyyaml,
   requests,
   softlayer,
@@ -50,8 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyyaml
     requests
     tldextract
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-metadata ];
+  ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {
     route53 = [ boto3 ];