From 07349287790543c73ba8c38a6eb427ca9554f336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:12:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Remove redundant compatibility code

---
 pyproject.toml    | 2 --
 tests/fixtures.py | 6 +-----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 530f173f..2daf7922 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 dependencies = [
 	"zipp>=3.20",
-	'typing-extensions>=3.6.4; python_version < "3.8"',
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ test = [
 	"pytest >= 6, != 8.1.*",
 
 	# local
-	'importlib_resources>=1.3; python_version < "3.9"',
 	"packaging",
 	"pyfakefs",
 	"flufl.flake8",
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures.py
index 8e692f86..021eb811 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@
 import shutil
 import sys
 import textwrap
+from importlib import resources
 
 from . import _path
 from ._path import FilesSpec
 from .compat.py39 import os_helper
 from .compat.py312 import import_helper
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-    from importlib import resources
-else:
-    import importlib_resources as resources
-
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def tmp_path():

From fc3f315445454c82ff1412770243430ac72fd316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:33:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Replace zipp dependency with stdlib

---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 2 +-
 mypy.ini                       | 4 ----
 pyproject.toml                 | 3 ---
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index cdfc1f62..534330d4 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def children(self):
 
     def zip_children(self):
         # deferred for performance (python/importlib_metadata#502)
-        from zipp.compat.overlay import zipfile
+        import zipfile
 
         zip_path = zipfile.Path(self.root)
         names = zip_path.root.namelist()
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index feac94cc..bfb6db30 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ disable_error_code =
 [mypy-pytest_perf.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
-# jaraco/zipp#123
-[mypy-zipp.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-
 # jaraco/jaraco.test#7
 [mypy-jaraco.test.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2daf7922..9c949e83 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-dependencies = [
-	"zipp>=3.20",
-]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.urls]

From 372be3842f8e2d22ebd5968a115ac5cc0eeee604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:06:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Revert "Replace zipp dependency with stdlib"

This reverts commit fc3f315445454c82ff1412770243430ac72fd316.
---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 2 +-
 mypy.ini                       | 4 ++++
 pyproject.toml                 | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index 534330d4..cdfc1f62 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def children(self):
 
     def zip_children(self):
         # deferred for performance (python/importlib_metadata#502)
-        import zipfile
+        from zipp.compat.overlay import zipfile
 
         zip_path = zipfile.Path(self.root)
         names = zip_path.root.namelist()
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index bfb6db30..feac94cc 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ disable_error_code =
 [mypy-pytest_perf.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
+# jaraco/zipp#123
+[mypy-zipp.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
 # jaraco/jaraco.test#7
 [mypy-jaraco.test.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c949e83..2daf7922 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+dependencies = [
+	"zipp>=3.20",
+]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.urls]

From 49427ed6129e350d9b5eff6dac94486c38c2b04a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:07:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Add news fragment.

---
 newsfragments/524.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/524.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/newsfragments/524.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/524.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80527a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/524.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed cruft from Python 3.8.