diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 02f96583f4..ec5343d2f7 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ stages:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y g++-9 flex bison libfl-dev cython libx11-dev libxcomposite-dev libncurses-dev mpich
         sudo apt-get install -y python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv ninja-build
-        sudo apt-get remove -y python3-importlib-metadata
         python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
         python3.8 -m pip install --user -r $(Build.Repository.LocalPath)/requirements.txt
         # we manually get version 3.15.0 to make sure that changes in the cmake