diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b04257d..f5c436a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ package_dir =
     =src
 zip_safe = False
 install_requires =
-    importlib_resources
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/src/libusb_package/__init__.py b/src/libusb_package/__init__.py
index 67e3e46..684be57 100644
--- a/src/libusb_package/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libusb_package/__init__.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import ctypes.util
 import functools
 import platform
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (Any, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING)
 
-import importlib_resources
-
 from ._version import version as __version__
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -49,18 +48,7 @@ def get_library_path() -> Optional[Path]:
     The path is valid until the process exits. If the library was extracted from a zip in order to
     be accessible as a file, it will be cleaned up with the process exits.
     """
-    lib_resource = importlib_resources.files(__name__).joinpath(_LIBRARY_NAME)
-    if lib_resource.is_file():
-        path_context = importlib_resources.as_file(lib_resource)
-        path = path_context.__enter__()
-
-        @atexit.register
-        def cleanup():
-            path_context.__exit__(None, None, None)
-
-        return path
-    else:
-        return None
+    return Path('@libusb1@')
 
 
 def find_library(candidate: str) -> Optional[str]: