diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
index 4b709d246a3..e2dec4c82b0 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Spyder/Spyder-6.0.1-gfbf-2023b.eb
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ exts_list = [
     ('diff-match-patch', '20230430', {
         'checksums': ['953019cdb9c9d2c9e47b5b12bcff3cf4746fc4598eb406076fa1fc27e6a1f15c'],
     }),
-    ('importlib_metadata', '8.4.0', {
-        'checksums': ['9a547d3bc3608b025f93d403fdd1aae741c24fbb8314df4b155675742ce303c5'],
-    }),
     ('pygithub', '2.4.0', {
         'modulename': 'github',
         'checksums': ['6601e22627e87bac192f1e2e39c6e6f69a43152cfb8f307cee575879320b3051'],