diff --git a/internetarchive/cli/ia.py b/internetarchive/cli/ia.py
index 8e044c36..9a5b2c70 100755
--- a/internetarchive/cli/ia.py
+++ b/internetarchive/cli/ia.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from docopt import docopt, printable_usage
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, iter_entry_points
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 from schema import Or, Schema, SchemaError  # type: ignore[import]
 
 from internetarchive import __version__
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ def load_ia_module(cmd: str):
             return __import__(_module, fromlist=['internetarchive.cli'])
         else:
             _module = f'ia_{cmd}'
-            for ep in iter_entry_points('internetarchive.cli.plugins'):
+            for ep in entry_points(group='internetarchive.cli.plugins'):
                 if ep.name == _module:
                     return ep.load()
             raise ImportError
-    except (ImportError, DistributionNotFound):
+    except (ImportError):
         print(f"error: '{cmd}' is not an ia command! See 'ia help'",
               file=sys.stderr)
         matches = '\t'.join(difflib.get_close_matches(cmd, cmd_aliases.values()))
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bec6295d..6201bf31 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ install_requires =
     schema>=0.4.0
     tqdm>=4.0.0
     urllib3>=1.26.0
+    importlib-metadata; python_version <= 3.7
 python_requires = >=3.7
 include_package_data = True
 zip_safe = False