diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d0245f8b3e84..1fd0f816ada98 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 ## 1.0.1 (Unreleased)
 
-- Add message ids for AppLens
-    ([#32195](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/32195))
-
 ### Features Added
 
 - Add ability to specify which logger to export telemetry for via `logger_name` configuration
     ([#32192](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/32192))
+- Add message ids for AppLens
+    ([#32195](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/32195))
+- Remove pkg_resources
+    ([#32299](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/32299))
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
index bfe54cedd7223..c414d80f53ec8 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Dict, cast
 
+from importlib_metadata import entry_points
 from opentelemetry._logs import get_logger_provider, set_logger_provider
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.dependencies import (
     get_dist_dependency_conflicts,
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 from opentelemetry.trace import get_tracer_provider, set_tracer_provider
-from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points  # type: ignore
 
 from azure.core.settings import settings
 from azure.core.tracing.ext.opentelemetry_span import OpenTelemetrySpan
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ def _setup_metrics(configurations: Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]):
 def _setup_instrumentations(configurations: Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]):
     disabled_instrumentations = configurations[DISABLED_INSTRUMENTATIONS_ARG]
 
-    # use pkg_resources for now until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3168 is merged
-    for entry_point in iter_entry_points(
-        "opentelemetry_instrumentor"
+    for entry_point in entry_points(
+        group="opentelemetry_instrumentor"
     ):
         lib_name = entry_point.name
+        print(lib_name)
         if lib_name not in _SUPPORTED_INSTRUMENTED_LIBRARIES:
             continue
         if entry_point.name in disabled_instrumentations:
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
index 47bcc8059d7f3..5c6dd39a50070 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def test_setup_metrics(
         reader_mock.assert_called_once_with(metric_exp_init_mock)
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.get_dist_dependency_conflicts")
-    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.iter_entry_points")
+    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.entry_points")
     def test_setup_instrumentations_lib_not_supported(
         self,
         iter_mock,
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def test_setup_instrumentations_lib_not_supported(
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._logger")
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.get_dist_dependency_conflicts")
-    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.iter_entry_points")
+    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.entry_points")
     def test_setup_instrumentations_conflict(
         self,
         iter_mock,
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def test_setup_instrumentations_conflict(
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._logger")
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.get_dist_dependency_conflicts")
-    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.iter_entry_points")
+    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.entry_points")
     def test_setup_instrumentations_exception(
         self,
         iter_mock,
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def test_setup_instrumentations_exception(
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._logger")
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.get_dist_dependency_conflicts")
-    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.iter_entry_points")
+    @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.entry_points")
     def test_setup_instrumentations_disabled(
         self,
         iter_mock,