diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 68355ba..4b622ed 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 coincidence>=0.2.0
 coverage>=5.1
 coverage-pyver-pragma>=0.2.1
-importlib-metadata>=3.6.0
 iniconfig!=1.1.0,>=1.0.1
 pytest>=6.0.0
 pytest-cov>=2.8.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9586f00..3e23ad7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ deps =
     git+https://github.com/python-formate/flake8-missing-annotations.git
     git+https://github.com/domdfcoding/pydocstyle.git@stub-functions
     pygments>=2.7.1
-    importlib_metadata<4.5.0; python_version<'3.8'
 commands = python3 -m flake8_rst_docstrings_sphinx sdjson tests --allow-toolbox {posargs}
 
 [testenv:perflint]