diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix
index 529cee0c0ba5..3aa24b34ceaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
-  importlib-metadata,
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
@@ -26,10 +24,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools-scm
   ];
 
-  dependencies = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ];
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pystache" ];