diff --git a/gnu/packages/android.scm b/gnu/packages/android.scm
index 1a06b70d0b..528aa9c63b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/android.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/android.scm
@@ -1168,7 +1168,6 @@ useful for reverse engineering, analysis of Android applications and more.")
            python-croniter
            python-cryptography
            python-defusedxml
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-netifaces
            python-pytz
            python-pyyaml
diff --git a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
index 49f142881b..4210be1910 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
@@ -6198,7 +6198,6 @@ milliarcsecond).")
            python-crds-minimal
            python-drizzle
            python-gwcs
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-jsonschema
            python-numpy
            python-packaging
@@ -10016,7 +10015,6 @@ implemented in the @acronym{JWST, James Webb Space Telescope} and
      (list python-asdf
            python-astropy
            python-crds
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-pyyaml))
     (home-page "https://github.com/spacetelescope/stpipe")
     (synopsis "STScI framework for calibration pipeline software")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 95e226b92f..a79af0c5d0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2844,7 +2844,6 @@ biological activities from omics data within a unified framework.")
     (arguments (list #:tests? #false))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-docopt
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-numpy
            python-pandas
            python-pegasusio
@@ -2994,7 +2993,6 @@ to produce high quality figures that can be used in publications.")
                 ;; Fix syntax error
                 (("sphinx>") "sphinx")))))))
     (propagated-inputs (list python-anndata
-                             python-importlib-metadata
                              python-ipython
                              python-matplotlib
                              python-nbsphinx
@@ -3193,7 +3191,6 @@ multi-panel figures.")
                              python-pluggy
                              python-scipy))
     (native-inputs (list ghostscript
-                         python-importlib-metadata
                          python-importlib-resources
                          python-pytest
                          python-setuptools
@@ -3306,7 +3303,6 @@ and gene expression visualization.")
                              python-cvxpy
                              python-fastcluster
                              python-igraph
-                             python-importlib-metadata
                              python-numpy
                              python-pandas
                              python-psutil
diff --git a/gnu/packages/calendar.scm b/gnu/packages/calendar.scm
index 4430fe4a56..43c803d75c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/calendar.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/calendar.scm
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ data units.")
                             (string-append #$output "/share/man/man1")))))))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-freezegun
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-packaging
            python-pytest
            python-setuptools
diff --git a/gnu/packages/django.scm b/gnu/packages/django.scm
index 12b4dc2de2..711fb3d617 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/django.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/django.scm
@@ -1364,7 +1364,6 @@ using Python multiprocessing.")
                              python-django-q-sentry
                              python-django-redis
                              python-hiredis
-                             python-importlib-metadata
                              python-iron-mq
                              python-psutil
                              python-pymongo
diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index eda08c8061..768c2942c4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -5121,7 +5121,6 @@ more.")
            python-aiosqlite
            python-cryptography
            python-dateutil
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-pyopenssl
            python-pytz
            python-sortedcontainers
diff --git a/gnu/packages/jupyter.scm b/gnu/packages/jupyter.scm
index 0be149789a..f11d4f094e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/jupyter.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/jupyter.scm
@@ -921,7 +921,6 @@ the JupyterLab CSS variables.")
            (lambda _ (setenv "HOME" "/tmp"))))))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-babel
-           python-importlib-metadata    ;TODO: remove after Python >= 3.10
            python-jinja2
            python-json5
            python-jsonschema
@@ -1183,8 +1182,7 @@ are interactive HTML widgets for Jupyter notebooks and the IPython kernel.")
        (sha256
         (base32 "18ysrqlsh7a31sknfnng419r7wpx9nfj59lxxd6zl1kcj6wazh34"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
-    (propagated-inputs (list python-doit python-importlib-metadata
-                             python-jupyter-core))
+    (propagated-inputs (list python-doit python-jupyter-core))
     (native-inputs (list python-ansi2html
                          python-hatchling
                          python-pytest-console-scripts
diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index 7b2cb40f88..0762804baa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -2738,8 +2738,7 @@ to return meaningful clusters (if there are any).")
         (base32 "1x94mjdf62f2yqql50qn0qjh4bkhwdvx7xx9aph421s0bgxy1zbz"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (native-inputs (list python-pytest python-setuptools))
-    (propagated-inputs (list python-importlib-metadata
-                             python-joblib
+    (propagated-inputs (list python-joblib
                              python-llvmlite
                              python-numba
                              python-scikit-learn
@@ -6975,8 +6974,7 @@ Brian 2 simulator.")
               (with-output-to-file "tests/__init__.py"
                 (lambda _ (display ""))))))))
     (propagated-inputs (list python-cloudpickle python-farama-notifications
-                             python-importlib-metadata python-numpy
-                             python-typing-extensions))
+                             python-numpy python-typing-extensions))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-pytest python-scipy python-setuptools python-wheel))
     (home-page "https://gymnasium.farama.org/")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index c231af8fd4..fd8270bd8a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -4642,8 +4642,7 @@ recurrence relations.")
            python-scipy
            python-setuptools))
     (propagated-inputs
-     (list python-importlib-metadata
-           python-ndim
+     (list python-ndim
            python-numpy-1
            python-sympy))
     (home-page "https://github.com/diego-hayashi/orthopy")
@@ -4822,8 +4821,7 @@ Mathematics (GLM) library to Python.")
      ;; [optional]
      (list python-matplotlib))
     (propagated-inputs
-      (list python-importlib-metadata
-            python-numpy-1
+      (list python-numpy-1
             python-orthopy
             python-scipy
             python-sympy))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index dd3706db6e..095c45f780 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -1417,7 +1417,6 @@ Trisquel's @code{apt}.")
            python-entrypoints
            python-fastjsonschema
            python-findpython
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-installer
            python-keyring
            python-packaging
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm b/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
index 24878c7ce5..570e487b2e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ following algorithms are available:
                (base32
                 "1hvm3c3mb20z25kmbzyyn6pr5inx50z0ignl8b0bggxaik82ws4b"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
-    (propagated-inputs (list python-importlib-metadata))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-pytest
            python-setuptools
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
index 8f5aa2b05c..0071cb4e9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
@@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ do what is needed for client/server Kerberos authentication based on
            python-setuptools-scm
            python-wheel))
     (propagated-inputs
-     (list python-importlib-metadata
-           python-jaraco-classes
+     (list python-jaraco-classes
            python-secretstorage))
     (home-page "https://github.com/jaraco/keyring")
     (synopsis "Store and access your passwords safely")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index 11bd4fbbc2..9bd3b7300e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -3658,8 +3658,6 @@ CSS3 that adds programming capabilities and some other syntactic sugar.")
              (setenv "TZ" "UTC")
              (setenv "TZDIR"
                      (search-input-directory inputs "share/zoneinfo")))))))
-    (propagated-inputs
-     (list python-importlib-metadata))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-bson
            python-ecdsa
@@ -7341,7 +7339,6 @@ WSGI.")
      (list python-asgiref               ;async extra
            python-click
            python-blinker
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-itsdangerous
            python-jinja2
            python-werkzeug))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 099a4c1651..ad012f8aab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -8362,7 +8362,6 @@ and convert DDL to BigQuery JSON schema.")
        ((#:tests? _ #t) #f)))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-attrs
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-pyrsistent
            python-typing-extensions))
     (native-inputs
@@ -8995,7 +8994,6 @@ logic-free templating system Mustache.")
                       #$(assoc-ref properties 'upstream-version)))))))
     (native-inputs (list python-hatchling python-hatch-vcs python-pytest))
     (inputs (list python-html5lib
-                  python-importlib-metadata
                   python-markdown
                   python-pypdf
                   python-validators))
@@ -10608,7 +10606,6 @@ Server (PLS).")
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-black
            python-docstring-to-markdown
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-jedi
            python-lsp-jsonrpc
            python-pluggy
@@ -18429,7 +18426,6 @@ time.")
      (list python-beautifulsoup4
            python-bleach
            python-defusedxml
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-jinja2
            python-jupyter-core
            python-jupyterlab-pygments
@@ -27199,7 +27195,6 @@ derivation parsing, namingly @code{b32decode()}, @code{b32encode()} and
      (list python-beautifulsoup4
            python-cryptography
            python-dnspython
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-pyotp
            python-pyyaml
            python-requests
@@ -29896,7 +29891,6 @@ information for your operating system.")
               (setenv "SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION" #$version))))))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-canonicaljson
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-pynacl
            python-typing-extensions
            python-unpaddedbase64))
@@ -39935,7 +39929,6 @@ add the log levels NOTICE, SPAM, SUCCESS and VERBOSE.")
        (sha256
         (base32 "1xp0qfzy4l4fs1rn1670fbf7d7xv1p2s3rplspx8xqszjd5j0n8c"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
-    (propagated-inputs (list python-importlib-metadata))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-pretend python-pytest python-pytest-cov python-setuptools))
     (home-page "https://github.com/pyveci/verlib2")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
index a077e6d470..7af7a88f6e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ sources.")
            python-filelock
            python-html5lib
            python-imagesize
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-jinja2
            python-packaging
            python-pygments
diff --git a/gnu/packages/spreadsheet.scm b/gnu/packages/spreadsheet.scm
index 710276e766..3c7fd95216 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/spreadsheet.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/spreadsheet.scm
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
                    (when tests? (invoke "pytest")))))))
     (inputs
      (list python-dateutil
-           python-importlib-metadata
            python-requests
            python-lxml
            python-openpyxl