diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f395db404..54f15e52e 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -e .
 coverage>=7.4.4
 types-beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
-importlib-metadata>=4.6 ; python_version < "3.10"
+importlib-metadata>=4.6
diff --git a/tests/library/test_readme.py b/tests/library/test_readme.py
index bd20cf9a9..41c719f92 100644
--- a/tests/library/test_readme.py
+++ b/tests/library/test_readme.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import re
 import unittest
 from collections import defaultdict
-
-try:
-    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, metadata
-except ImportError:
-    # Python 3.9 and earlier
-    from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, metadata  # type: ignore[assignment,no-redef]
+from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, metadata
 
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple