diff --git a/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt b/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
index e4ca98fcaa..6209cde5c3 100644
--- a/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 pyserial >= 3.3
-importlib_metadata >= 1.4
+importlib_metadata >= 1.4; python_version < "3.8"