diff --git a/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py b/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
index e8d8bc08b..197ffcc65 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     serialize_bytelist,
 )
 from distributed.sizeof import safe_sizeof
-from distributed.utils import has_arg, nbytes
+from distributed.utils import nbytes
 
 from .is_device_object import is_device_object
 from .is_spillable_object import is_spillable_object
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@
 def _serialize_bytelist(x, **kwargs):
     kwargs["on_error"] = "raise"
 
-    if has_arg(serialize_bytelist, "compression"):
-        compression = dask.config.get("distributed.worker.memory.spill-compression")
-        return serialize_bytelist(x, compression=compression, **kwargs)
-    else:
-        # For Distributed < 2023.5.0 compatibility
-        return serialize_bytelist(x, **kwargs)
+    compression = dask.config.get("distributed.worker.memory.spill-compression")
+    return serialize_bytelist(x, compression=compression, **kwargs)
 
 
 class LoggedBuffer(Buffer):
diff --git a/dask_cuda/tests/test_device_host_file.py b/dask_cuda/tests/test_device_host_file.py
index 17d4055c9..4a4807941 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/tests/test_device_host_file.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/tests/test_device_host_file.py
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-from packaging import version
 
 import dask.array
-import distributed
 from distributed.protocol import (
     deserialize,
     deserialize_bytes,
@@ -53,16 +51,7 @@ def test_device_host_file_short(
     random.shuffle(full)
 
     for k, v in full:
-        try:
-            dhf[k] = v
-        except TypeError as e:
-            # TODO: Remove when pinning to distributed>=2023.5.1 .
-            # See https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda/issues/1174 and
-            # https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/7836 .
-            if version.parse(distributed.__version__) <= version.parse("2023.5.0"):
-                dhf[k] = v
-            else:
-                raise e
+        dhf[k] = v
 
     random.shuffle(full)