diff --git a/mypy-requirements.txt b/mypy-requirements.txt
index 8ce7a57c5321..1c372294383d 100644
--- a/mypy-requirements.txt
+++ b/mypy-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 typing_extensions>=3.10
 mypy_extensions>=0.4.3
-importlib_resources; python_version<'3.7'
 typed_ast>=1.4.0,<2; python_version<'3.8'
 tomli>=1.1.0; python_version<'3.11'
diff --git a/mypy/modulefinder.py b/mypy/modulefinder.py
index a97cc35248a6..74b415503c35 100644
--- a/mypy/modulefinder.py
+++ b/mypy/modulefinder.py
@@ -884,6 +884,6 @@ def parse_version(version: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
 
 def typeshed_py_version(options: Options) -> Tuple[int, int]:
     """Return Python version used for checking whether module supports typeshed."""
-    # Typeshed no longer covers Python 3.x versions before 3.6, so 3.6 is
+    # Typeshed no longer covers Python 3.x versions before 3.7, so 3.7 is
     # the earliest we can support.
-    return max(options.python_version, (3, 6))
+    return max(options.python_version, (3, 7))
diff --git a/mypy/stubtest.py b/mypy/stubtest.py
index ea59c3a48244..993dd1006178 100644
--- a/mypy/stubtest.py
+++ b/mypy/stubtest.py
@@ -1454,9 +1454,9 @@ def get_typeshed_stdlib_modules(
     stdlib_py_versions = mypy.modulefinder.load_stdlib_py_versions(custom_typeshed_dir)
     if version_info is None:
         version_info = sys.version_info[0:2]
-    # Typeshed's minimum supported Python 3 is Python 3.6
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
-        version_info = (3, 6)
+    # Typeshed's minimum supported Python 3 is Python 3.7
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+        version_info = (3, 7)
 
     def exists_in_version(module: str) -> bool:
         assert version_info is not None
diff --git a/mypy/test/teststubtest.py b/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
index e004403ec776..bb20e335a035 100644
--- a/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
+++ b/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
@@ -1412,13 +1412,14 @@ def test_only_py(self) -> None:
             assert output_str == "Success: no issues found in 1 module\n"
 
     def test_get_typeshed_stdlib_modules(self) -> None:
-        stdlib = mypy.stubtest.get_typeshed_stdlib_modules(None, (3, 6))
+        stdlib = mypy.stubtest.get_typeshed_stdlib_modules(None, (3, 7))
         assert "builtins" in stdlib
         assert "os" in stdlib
         assert "os.path" in stdlib
         assert "asyncio" in stdlib
         assert "graphlib" not in stdlib
         assert "formatter" in stdlib
+        assert "contextvars" in stdlib  # 3.7+
         assert "importlib.metadata" not in stdlib
 
         stdlib = mypy.stubtest.get_typeshed_stdlib_modules(None, (3, 10))
diff --git a/mypy/util.py b/mypy/util.py
index 358db7aa5678..95a8c4730e21 100644
--- a/mypy/util.py
+++ b/mypy/util.py
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 import shutil
 import sys
 import time
-
-try:
-    from importlib import resources as importlib_resources  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-except ImportError:  # <python3.7
-    import importlib_resources  # type: ignore
-
+from importlib import resources as importlib_resources
 from typing import (
     IO,
     Callable,