importlib.metadata is great

hypothesis-python/docs/strategies.rst

@@ -182,12 +182,6 @@ and then tell ``setuptools`` that this is your ``"hypothesis"`` entry point:
 
 And that's all it takes!
 
-.. note::
-    On Python 3.7, where the ``importlib.metadata`` module
-    is not in the standard library, loading entry points requires either the
-    :pypi:`importlib_metadata` (preferred) or :pypi:`setuptools` (fallback)
-    package to be installed.
-
 
 Interaction with :pypi:`pytest-cov`
 -----------------------------------

hypothesis-python/setup.py

@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ def local_file(name):
     "django": ["django>=3.2"],
 }
 
-extras["all"] = sorted(
-    set(sum(extras.values(), ["importlib_metadata>=3.6; python_version<'3.8'"]))
-)
+extras["all"] = sorted(set(sum(extras.values(), [])))
 
 
 setuptools.setup(

hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/entry_points.py

@@ -15,47 +15,17 @@
 your package.
 """
 
-try:
-    # We prefer to use importlib.metadata, or the backport on Python <= 3.7,
-    # because it's much faster than pkg_resources (200ms import time speedup).
-    try:
-        from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
-    except ImportError:
-        import importlib_metadata  # type: ignore  # mypy thinks this is a redefinition
+import importlib.metadata
 
-    def get_entry_points():
-        try:
-            eps = importlib_metadata.entry_points(group="hypothesis")
-        except TypeError:  # pragma: no cover
-            # Load-time selection requires Python >= 3.10 or importlib_metadata >= 3.6,
-            # so we'll retain this fallback logic for some time to come.  See also
-            # https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html
-            eps = importlib_metadata.entry_points().get("hypothesis", [])
-        yield from eps
 
-except ImportError:
-    # But if we're not on Python >= 3.8 and the importlib_metadata backport
-    # is not installed, we fall back to pkg_resources anyway.
+def get_entry_points():
     try:
-        import pkg_resources
-    except ImportError:
-        import warnings
-
-        from hypothesis.errors import HypothesisWarning
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "Under Python <= 3.7, Hypothesis requires either the importlib_metadata "
-            "or setuptools package in order to load plugins via entrypoints.",
-            HypothesisWarning,
-        )
-
-        def get_entry_points():
-            yield from ()
-
-    else:
-
-        def get_entry_points():
-            yield from pkg_resources.iter_entry_points("hypothesis")
+        eps = importlib.metadata.entry_points(group="hypothesis")
+    except TypeError:  # pragma: no cover
+        # Load-time selection requires Python >= 3.10.  See also
+        # https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html
+        eps = importlib.metadata.entry_points().get("hypothesis", [])
+    yield from eps
 
 
 def run():