diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykakasi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykakasi/default.nix
index 3ea76b573612..cbb3d467ec26 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykakasi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykakasi/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   deprecated,
   fetchFromGitea,
-  importlib-resources,
   jaconv,
   py-cpuinfo,
   pytest-benchmark,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
   setuptools-scm,
 }:
 
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   dependencies = [
     jaconv
     deprecated
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [ importlib-resources ];
+  ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     py-cpuinfo