Remove pkg_resources

[kigawas]

What was wrong?

This package is deprecated

Related to Issue #242 Closes #242

How was it fixed?

Remove pkg_resources import above 3.8

Todo:

• [x] Clean up commit history

• [x] [NOT APPLIED] Add or update documentation related to these changes

• [x] [NOT APPLIED] Add entry to the release notes

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[reedsa]

Thanks for the contribution! This looks good.