diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6ba00a4..1467d1a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ cinder>=21.0.0.0,<22.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 # brick upper bound is controlled by zed/upper-constraints
 os-brick>=6.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 
-importlib_metadata>=1.7.0;python_version<'3.8' # Apache-2.0
+importlib_metadata>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 importlib_resources>=3.2.1;python_version<'3.10' # Apache-2.0