diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pipdate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pipdate/default.nix
index 3e9cd16b4b7c..313b63fcca83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pipdate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pipdate/default.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
   appdirs,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  importlib-metadata,
   packaging,
-  pythonOlder,
   requests,
   rich,
   setuptools,
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
     rich
     setuptools
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
+  ];
 
   # Tests require network access and pythonImportsCheck requires configuration file
   doCheck = false;