diff --git a/jediepcserver.py b/jediepcserver.py
index 693eea4..e6b0ef2 100755
--- a/jediepcserver.py
+++ b/jediepcserver.py
@@ -26,16 +26,13 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import glob
-import itertools
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
 import re
-import site
 import sys
-import pkg_resources
 from collections import namedtuple
+import packaging.version
 
 import jedi
 import jedi.api
@@ -127,8 +124,8 @@ def jedi_create_environment(venv, safe=False):
             return jedienv
 
 jedi_script_wrapper = jedi.Script
-JEDI_VERSION = pkg_resources.parse_version(jedi.__version__)
-if JEDI_VERSION < pkg_resources.parse_version('0.16.0'):
+JEDI_VERSION = packaging.version.parse(jedi.__version__)
+if JEDI_VERSION < packaging.version.parse('0.16.0'):
     class JediScriptCompatWrapper:
         def __init__(self, code, path, **kwargs):
             self.source = code
@@ -382,19 +379,18 @@ def get_names_recursively(definition, parent=None):
 
 
 def get_module_version(module):
-    notfound = object()
-    for key in ['__version__', 'version']:
-        version = getattr(module, key, notfound)
-        if version is not notfound:
-            return version
     try:
-        from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+        from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
         try:
-            return get_distribution(module.__name__).version
-        except DistributionNotFound:
+            return version(module.__name__)
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
             pass
     except ImportError:
-        pass
+        notfound = object()
+        for key in ['__version__', 'version']:
+            version = getattr(module, key, notfound)
+            if version is not notfound:
+                return version
 
 
 def path_expand_vars_and_user(p):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78641d1..053092b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "epc>=0.0.4",
         "argparse",
         "setuptools",
+        "packaging",
     ],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': ['jediepcserver = jediepcserver:main'],