diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/create.py b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
index 91961e3f..8ca1e3b0 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/create.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
+import importlib.metadata
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 
-try:
-    import importlib_metadata
-except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: nocover
-    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-
 import borgmatic.borg.create
 import borgmatic.borg.state
 import borgmatic.config.validate
@@ -39,7 +35,7 @@ def create_borgmatic_manifest(config, config_paths, dry_run):
     with open(borgmatic_manifest_path, 'w') as config_list_file:
         json.dump(
             {
-                'borgmatic_version': importlib_metadata.version('borgmatic'),
+                'borgmatic_version': importlib.metadata.version('borgmatic'),
                 'config_paths': config_paths,
             },
             config_list_file,
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index ee03ddef..ab32aa88 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import collections
+import importlib.metadata
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -9,11 +10,6 @@ from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 import colorama
 
-try:
-    import importlib_metadata
-except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: nocover
-    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-
 import borgmatic.actions.borg
 import borgmatic.actions.break_lock
 import borgmatic.actions.check
@@ -834,7 +830,7 @@ def main(extra_summary_logs=[]):  # pragma: no cover
 
     global_arguments = arguments['global']
     if global_arguments.version:
-        print(importlib_metadata.version('borgmatic'))
+        print(importlib.metadata.version('borgmatic'))
         sys.exit(0)
     if global_arguments.bash_completion:
         print(borgmatic.commands.completion.bash.bash_completion())
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 36a09cf8..1451d08d 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ flake8-use-fstring==1.4
 flake8-variables-names==0.0.5
 flexmock==0.11.3
 idna==3.4
-importlib_metadata==6.3.0; python_version < '3.8'
 isort==5.12.0
 jsonschema==4.17.3
 Markdown==3.4.1
 mccabe==0.7.0
 packaging==23.1
-pathspec==0.11.1; python_version >= '3.8'
+pathspec==0.11.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
 py==1.11.0
 pycodestyle==2.10.0
@@ -28,10 +27,8 @@ pyflakes==3.0.1
 pytest==7.3.0
 pytest-cov==4.0.0
 PyYAML>5.0.0
-regex; python_version >= '3.8'
+regex
 requests==2.31.0
 ruamel.yaml>0.15.0
-toml==0.10.2; python_version >= '3.8'
-typed-ast; python_version >= '3.8'
-typing-extensions==4.5.0; python_version < '3.8'
-zipp==3.15.0; python_version < '3.8'
+toml==0.10.2
+typed-ast
diff --git a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
index abbc853e..28685e2f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_create_borgmatic_manifest_creates_manifest_file():
     flexmock(module.os.path).should_receive('exists').and_return(False)
     flexmock(module.os).should_receive('makedirs').and_return(True)
 
-    flexmock(module.importlib_metadata).should_receive('version').and_return('1.0.0')
+    flexmock(module.importlib.metadata).should_receive('version').and_return('1.0.0')
     flexmock(sys.modules['builtins']).should_receive('open').with_args(
         '/home/user/.borgmatic/bootstrap/manifest.json', 'w'
     ).and_return(
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def test_create_borgmatic_manifest_creates_manifest_file_with_custom_borgmatic_s
     flexmock(module.os.path).should_receive('exists').and_return(False)
     flexmock(module.os).should_receive('makedirs').and_return(True)
 
-    flexmock(module.importlib_metadata).should_receive('version').and_return('1.0.0')
+    flexmock(module.importlib.metadata).should_receive('version').and_return('1.0.0')
     flexmock(sys.modules['builtins']).should_receive('open').with_args(
         '/borgmatic/bootstrap/manifest.json', 'w'
     ).and_return(