diff --git a/aeon/__init__.py b/aeon/__init__.py
index a2b99fc2..b59e77aa 100644
--- a/aeon/__init__.py
+++ b/aeon/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
 try:
     # Change here if project is renamed and does not equal the package name
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
     del version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 # Set functions avaialable directly under the 'aeon' top-level namespace
-from aeon.io.api import load
\ No newline at end of file
+from aeon.io.api import load
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90df02f3..f998e150 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "dotmap",
   "fastparquet",
   "graphviz",
-  "importlib_metadata",
   "ipykernel",
   "jupyter",
   "jupyterlab",