diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9b571d0..3c7312a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
 author = 'The Foreman'
 
 try:
-    import pkg_resources
-    package = pkg_resources.require("obsah")[0]
-    version = package.version
-    release = package.version
+    from importlib import metadata
+    version = release = metadata.version('obsah')
 except:
     # The short X.Y version
     version = ''
diff --git a/obsah/__init__.py b/obsah/__init__.py
index 8efd6eb..f2b690c 100755
--- a/obsah/__init__.py
+++ b/obsah/__init__.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 import sys
 from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import total_ordering
+from importlib import resources
 
 import yaml
-import pkg_resources
 
 try:
     import argcomplete
@@ -207,12 +207,8 @@ def data_path():
         """
         path = os.environ.get('OBSAH_DATA')
         if path is None:
-            path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, 'data')
-            if not os.path.isabs(path):
-                # this is essentially a workaround for
-                # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/issues/414
-                distribution = pkg_resources.get_distribution('obsah')
-                path = os.path.join(distribution.location, path)
+            # TODO: deprecated in 3.11
+            path = resources.path(__name__, 'data')
 
         return path