diff --git a/nodepool/version.py b/nodepool/version.py
index fa66eb24c..6099f4cb6 100644
--- a/nodepool/version.py
+++ b/nodepool/version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import json
 
 from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
-import pkg_resources
 
 release_string = importlib_metadata.distribution('nodepool').version
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ is_release = None
 git_version = None
 try:
     _metadata = json.loads(
-        pkg_resources.get_distribution('nodepool').get_metadata('pbr.json'))
+        importlib_metadata.distribution('nodepool').read_text('pbr.json'))
     if _metadata:
         is_release = _metadata['is_release']
         git_version = _metadata['git_version']