--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 install_requires = 
     sqlparse
     tabulate
-    importlib_metadata>=3.6.0
 
 [options.package_data]
 yoyo = tests/migrations/*.py
--- a/yoyo/backends/base.py
+++ b/yoyo/backends/base.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from importlib import import_module
 from itertools import count
 from logging import getLogger
-from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
 import getpass
 import os