diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-spelling/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-spelling/default.nix
index a675939ff93b..ba52464aee85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-spelling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-spelling/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
-  importlib-metadata,
   sphinx,
   pyenchant,
   setuptools,
@@ -32,8 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     sphinx
     pyenchant
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
+  ];
 
   # No tests included
   doCheck = false;