diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelfish/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelfish/default.nix
index f7840ec533f4..50f310f47ee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelfish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelfish/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  pythonOlder,
   poetry-core,
-  importlib-metadata,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -19,8 +17,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ poetry-core ];
 
-  dependencies = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-metadata ];
-
   # no tests executed
   doCheck = false;