From 266b837642d229c746301d4ad4d73ee44fd90402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Mair <code@mjmair.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:45:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove old compat code

---
 src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py  | 15 +++++----------
 src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py | 12 +++---------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
index edf26ba678..485f8c91b8 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ def handle_error(error, do_raise: bool = True, do_log: bool = True, log_name: st
 
 def get_entrypoints():
     """Returns list for entrypoints for InvenTree plugins."""
-    # on python before 3.12, we need to use importlib_metadata
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-        return entry_points().get('inventree_plugins', [])
     return entry_points(group='inventree_plugins')
 
 
@@ -190,13 +187,11 @@ def get_modules(pkg, path=None):
             continue
 
         try:
-            if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-                module = finder.find_module(name).load_module(name)
-            else:
-                spec = finder.find_spec(name, path)
-                module = module_from_spec(spec)
-                sys.modules[name] = module
-                spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+            spec = finder.find_spec(name, path)
+            module = module_from_spec(spec)
+            sys.modules[name] = module
+            spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+
             pkg_names = getattr(module, '__all__', None)
             for k, v in vars(module).items():
                 if not k.startswith('_') and (pkg_names is None or k in pkg_names):
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
index 46e57f0c10..4cac88f05b 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
@@ -585,15 +585,9 @@ class PluginsRegistry:
 
             # Gather Modules
             if parent_path:
-                # On python 3.12 use new loader method
-                if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-                    raw_module = _load_source(
-                        plugin_dir, str(parent_obj.joinpath('__init__.py'))
-                    )
-                else:
-                    raw_module = SourceFileLoader(
-                        plugin_dir, str(parent_obj.joinpath('__init__.py'))
-                    ).load_module()
+                raw_module = SourceFileLoader(
+                    plugin_dir, str(parent_obj.joinpath('__init__.py'))
+                ).load_module()
             else:
                 raw_module = importlib.import_module(plugin_dir)