diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 8a490a982d46d..9246e0f030076 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, Literal, TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict
 
 import click
-import pkg_resources
 from celery.schedules import crontab
 from flask import Blueprint
 from flask_appbuilder.security.manager import AUTH_DB
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
 
 SUPERSET_LOG_VIEW = True
 
-BASE_DIR = pkg_resources.resource_filename("superset", "")
+BASE_DIR = str(files("superset"))
 if "SUPERSET_HOME" in os.environ:
     DATA_DIR = os.environ["SUPERSET_HOME"]
 else: