diff --git a/pymongo/asynchronous/pool.py b/pymongo/asynchronous/pool.py
index 156da7b773..ea5b201747 100644
--- a/pymongo/asynchronous/pool.py
+++ b/pymongo/asynchronous/pool.py
@@ -194,14 +194,9 @@ def _set_keepalive_times(sock: socket.socket) -> None:
 _METADATA: dict[str, Any] = {"driver": {"name": "PyMongo", "version": __version__}}
 
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-    # platform.linux_distribution was deprecated in Python 3.5
-    # and removed in Python 3.8. Starting in Python 3.5 it
-    # raises DeprecationWarning
-    # DeprecationWarning: dist() and linux_distribution() functions are deprecated in Python 3.5
-    _name = platform.system()
     _METADATA["os"] = {
-        "type": _name,
-        "name": _name,
+        "type": platform.system(),
+        "name": platform.system(),
         "architecture": platform.machine(),
         # Kernel version (e.g. 4.4.0-17-generic).
         "version": platform.release(),
diff --git a/pymongo/synchronous/pool.py b/pymongo/synchronous/pool.py
index 3918116ba3..adfc82640b 100644
--- a/pymongo/synchronous/pool.py
+++ b/pymongo/synchronous/pool.py
@@ -194,14 +194,9 @@ def _set_keepalive_times(sock: socket.socket) -> None:
 _METADATA: dict[str, Any] = {"driver": {"name": "PyMongo", "version": __version__}}
 
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-    # platform.linux_distribution was deprecated in Python 3.5
-    # and removed in Python 3.8. Starting in Python 3.5 it
-    # raises DeprecationWarning
-    # DeprecationWarning: dist() and linux_distribution() functions are deprecated in Python 3.5
-    _name = platform.system()
     _METADATA["os"] = {
-        "type": _name,
-        "name": _name,
+        "type": platform.system(),
+        "name": platform.system(),
         "architecture": platform.machine(),
         # Kernel version (e.g. 4.4.0-17-generic).
         "version": platform.release(),