diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 8d6473ab09..e483c2e43c 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ httplib2  # MIT
 httpx  # BSD
 hvac  # Apache-2.0
 icalendar  # BSD
-importlib-metadata;python_version<'3.8'  # Apache-2.0
+# Do not make importlib-metadata conditional on Python version: we depend on
+# newer code than in [most] releases of the Python std library.
+importlib-metadata  # Apache-2.0
 infinisdk  # BSD-3
 influxdb!=5.3.0  # MIT
 ironic-lib!=4.6.0  # Apache-2.0