diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
index fc1e6667b..5128b8adf 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cb_installed=$(cat $SNAP/certbot-shared/certbot-version.txt)
 cb_required=$(grep -oP "version = '\K.*(?=')" $SNAP/setup.py)
 
 
-python3 -c "import sys; from packaging import version; sys.exit(1) if\
+python3 -c "import sys; from setuptools._vendor.packaging import version; sys.exit(1) if\
   version.parse('$cb_installed') < version.parse('$cb_required') else sys.exit(0)" || exit_code=$?
 if [ "$exit_code" -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "Certbot is version $cb_installed but needs to be at least $cb_required before" \
diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index a8b630bfe..ebbafd432 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ parts:
     plugin: dump
     source: .
     stage: [setup.py, certbot-shared]
-    stage-packages: [python3-packaging]
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
         mkdir -p $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/certbot-shared