From 1a35ac4d73ce1f55527f7a95fc61b0915795c21b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Mandic <mandic00@live.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:31:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] remove dependency on pkg_resources

---
 scripts/system-info.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/system-info.py b/scripts/system-info.py
index ebc0b88..25dbd39 100644
--- a/scripts/system-info.py
+++ b/scripts/system-info.py
@@ -231,10 +231,11 @@ def get_flags():
 
 
 def get_package_version(pkg: str):
-    import pkg_resources
-    spec = pkg_resources.working_set.by_key.get(pkg, None) # more reliable than importlib
-    version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(pkg).version if spec is not None else ''
-    return version
+    try:
+        import importlib.metadata
+        return importlib.metadata.version(pkg)
+    except Exception:
+        return ''
 
 
 def get_libs():