diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index c297e92..31bd13a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14-dev']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14-dev']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.14-dev' }}
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b08ed0..1d5b9dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Taneli Hukkinen", email = "hukkin@users.noreply.github.com" },
 ]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     'markdown-it-py>=1,<5',
     'tomli >=1.1.0; python_version < "3.11"',
-    'importlib-metadata >=3.6.0; python_version < "3.10"',
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ xfail_strict = true
 [tool.tox]
 requires = ["tox>=4.21.1"]
 # Only run pytest envs when no args given to tox
-env_list = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+env_list = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
 [tool.tox.env_run_base]
 description = "run tests under {base_python}"
diff --git a/src/mdformat/_cli.py b/src/mdformat/_cli.py
index b3838b0..d7dd522 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/_cli.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/_cli.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def wrap_paragraphs(paragraphs: Iterable[str]) -> str:
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def log_handler_applied(
     logger: logging.Logger, handler: logging.Handler
-) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+) -> Generator[None]:
     logger.addHandler(handler)
     try:
         yield
diff --git a/src/mdformat/_compat.py b/src/mdformat/_compat.py
index 8c788e7..04e69bc 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/_compat.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/_compat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__all__ = ("importlib_metadata", "tomllib")
+__all__ = ("tomllib",)
 
 import sys
 
@@ -6,8 +6,3 @@
     import tomllib
 else:  # pragma: <3.11 cover
     import tomli as tomllib
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):  # pragma: >=3.10 cover
-    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
-else:  # pragma: <3.10 cover
-    import importlib_metadata
diff --git a/src/mdformat/_conf.py b/src/mdformat/_conf.py
index c2250b1..d50a798 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/_conf.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/_conf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 import functools
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import Mapping
 
 from mdformat._compat import tomllib
 from mdformat._util import EMPTY_MAP
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class InvalidConfError(Exception):
     """
 
 
-@functools.lru_cache()
+@functools.lru_cache
 def read_toml_opts(conf_dir: Path) -> tuple[Mapping, Path | None]:
     conf_path = conf_dir / ".mdformat.toml"
     if not conf_path.is_file():
diff --git a/src/mdformat/plugins.py b/src/mdformat/plugins.py
index c39d8bc..e984018 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/plugins.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/plugins.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib.metadata
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol
 
-from mdformat._compat import importlib_metadata
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import argparse
     from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 def _load_entrypoints(
-    eps: importlib_metadata.EntryPoints,
+    eps: importlib.metadata.EntryPoints,
 ) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], dict[str, tuple[str, list[str]]]]:
     loaded_ifaces: dict[str, Any] = {}
     dist_versions: dict[str, tuple[str, list[str]]] = {}
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
     """
     if name in {"CODEFORMATTERS", "_CODEFORMATTER_DISTS"}:
         formatters, formatter_dists = _load_entrypoints(
-            importlib_metadata.entry_points(group="mdformat.codeformatter")
+            importlib.metadata.entry_points(group="mdformat.codeformatter")
         )
         # Cache the values in this module for next time, so that `__getattr__`
         # is only called once per `name`.
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
         return formatters if name == "CODEFORMATTERS" else formatter_dists
     if name in {"PARSER_EXTENSIONS", "_PARSER_EXTENSION_DISTS"}:
         extensions, extension_dists = _load_entrypoints(
-            importlib_metadata.entry_points(group="mdformat.parser_extension")
+            importlib.metadata.entry_points(group="mdformat.parser_extension")
         )
         # Cache the value in this module for next time, so that `__getattr__`
         # is only called once per `name`.
diff --git a/src/mdformat/renderer/_context.py b/src/mdformat/renderer/_context.py
index 1e5a666..238dd07 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/renderer/_context.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/renderer/_context.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class RenderContext(NamedTuple):
     env: MutableMapping
 
     @contextmanager
-    def indented(self, width: int) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    def indented(self, width: int) -> Generator[None]:
         self.env["indent_width"] += width
         try:
             yield
diff --git a/src/mdformat/renderer/_util.py b/src/mdformat/renderer/_util.py
index 6532cc5..b400c7b 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/renderer/_util.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/renderer/_util.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def escape_square_brackets(text: str, used_refs: Iterable[str]) -> str:
     enclosure_start: int | None = None
     while True:
         bracket_match = RE_SQUARE_BRACKET.search(text, pos)
-        if not bracket_match:  # pragma: >=3.10 cover
+        if not bracket_match:
             if enclosure_start is not None:
                 escape_before_pos.append(enclosure_start)
             break
diff --git a/src/mdformat/renderer/typing.py b/src/mdformat/renderer/typing.py
index b29c636..c4bdef0 100644
--- a/src/mdformat/renderer/typing.py
+++ b/src/mdformat/renderer/typing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from mdformat.renderer import RenderTreeNode
+    from mdformat.renderer import RenderTreeNode  # noqa: F401
 
 # There should be `mdformat.renderer.RenderContext` instead of `Any`
 # here and in `Postprocess` below but that results in recursive typing
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 1b596ee..d25646c 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import importlib.metadata
 from textwrap import dedent
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import mdformat
 from mdformat._cli import run
-from mdformat._compat import importlib_metadata
 from mdformat.plugins import (
     _PARSER_EXTENSION_DISTS,
     CODEFORMATTERS,
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def test_load_entrypoints(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
 Version: 0.3.6
 """
     )
-    distro = importlib_metadata.PathDistribution(dist_info_path)
+    distro = importlib.metadata.PathDistribution(dist_info_path)
     entrypoints = distro.entry_points
 
     loaded_eps, dist_infos = _load_entrypoints(entrypoints)