diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0ddd9f..7de95b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/Teemu/pytest-sugar"
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
 pytest = ">=6.2.0"
 termcolor = ">=2.1.0"
-packaging = ">=21.3"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "^24.0"
diff --git a/pytest_sugar.py b/pytest_sugar.py
index 587eeef..3f81c45 100644
--- a/pytest_sugar.py
+++ b/pytest_sugar.py
@@ -183,15 +183,11 @@ def pytest_configure(config) -> None:
 
     if config.pluginmanager.hasplugin("xdist"):
         try:
-            import xdist  # type: ignore
+            import xdist  # type: ignore # noqa: F401
         except ImportError:
             pass
         else:
-            from packaging import version
-
-            xdist_version = version.Version(xdist.__version__)
-            if xdist_version >= version.Version("1.14"):
-                config.pluginmanager.register(DeferredXdistPlugin())
+            config.pluginmanager.register(DeferredXdistPlugin())
 
     if IS_SUGAR_ENABLED and not getattr(config, "slaveinput", None):
         # Get the standard terminal reporter plugin and replace it with our
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f14de30..b078ac1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def get_version(filename):
     zip_safe=False,
     include_package_data=True,
     platforms="any",
-    install_requires=["pytest>=6.2.0", "termcolor>=2.1.0", "packaging>=21.3"],
+    install_requires=["pytest>=6.2.0", "termcolor>=2.1.0"],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
             "black",