diff --git a/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/test_pants_plugin/__init__.py b/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/test_pants_plugin/__init__.py
index 5284146ebf2..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/test_pants_plugin/__init__.py
+++ b/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/test_pants_plugin/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/workunit_logger/__init__.py b/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/workunit_logger/__init__.py
index 5284146ebf2..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/workunit_logger/__init__.py
+++ b/testprojects/pants-plugins/src/python/workunit_logger/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)