diff --git a/kerchunk/hdf.py b/kerchunk/hdf.py
index bdab55a9..8fad60ef 100644
--- a/kerchunk/hdf.py
+++ b/kerchunk/hdf.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import io
 import logging
 from typing import Union, BinaryIO
-from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import fsspec.core
 from fsspec.implementations.reference import LazyReferenceMapper