diff --git a/python-rpm-generators.spec b/python-rpm-generators.spec
index 5596407..fc8c7ee 100644
--- a/python-rpm-generators.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-generators.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:           python-rpm-generators
 Summary:        Dependency generators for Python RPMs
 Version:        14
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 
 # Originally all those files were part of RPM, so license is kept here
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ install -Dpm0755 -t %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir} *.py
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/pythonbundles.py
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 07 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 14-3
+- Avoid needless pkg_resources import in pythonbundles.py
+
 * Fri Jan 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 14-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/pythonbundles.py b/pythonbundles.py
index 6242e20..9c58f6c 100755
--- a/pythonbundles.py
+++ b/pythonbundles.py
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import sys
 
-# inject parse_version import to pythondistdeps
-# not the nicest API, but :/
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
 import pythondistdeps
-pythondistdeps.parse_version = parse_version
-
 
 def generate_bundled_provides(paths, namespace):
     provides = set()