diff --git a/niet/__init__.py b/niet/__init__.py
index 9b3bd2a..b7a57bb 100644
--- a/niet/__init__.py
+++ b/niet/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import textwrap
 from importlib.metadata import version as getversion
 
-import pkg_resources
 import pytoml as toml
 import yaml
 from jmespath import search