diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 496787a58d..6eb885081b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - Test `JaxSolver`'s compatibility with Python `3.8`, `3.9`, `3.10`, and `3.11` ([#2958](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/2958))
 - Update Jax (0.4.8) and JaxLib (0.4.7) compatibility ([#2927](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/2927))
+- Removed `importlib_metadata` as a required dependency for user installations ([#3050](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/3050))
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/pybamm/parameters/parameter_sets.py b/pybamm/parameters/parameter_sets.py
index 19871f1ee6..5b1dc6e8d5 100644
--- a/pybamm/parameters/parameter_sets.py
+++ b/pybamm/parameters/parameter_sets.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import warnings
-import importlib_metadata
+import importlib.metadata
 import textwrap
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ class ParameterSets(Mapping):
     def __init__(self):
         # Dict of entry points for parameter sets, lazily load entry points as
         self.__all_parameter_sets = dict()
-        for entry_point in importlib_metadata.entry_points(
-            group="pybamm_parameter_sets"
-        ):
+        for entry_point in importlib.metadata.entry_points()["pybamm_parameter_sets"]:
             self.__all_parameter_sets[entry_point.name] = entry_point
 
     def __new__(cls):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 537464777c..2db28f2f6d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ def compile_KLU():
         "scikit-fem>=0.2.0",
         "casadi>=3.6.0",
         "imageio>=2.9.0",
-        "importlib-metadata",
         "pybtex>=0.24.0",
         "sympy>=1.8",
         "xarray",