diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index db3fab002..b5ab4897b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ languages-po/%.po: modules/cldr-json/cldr-json/cldr-localenames-full/main/en/lan
 l10n-guide.csv: modules/l10n-guide/docs/l10n/pluralforms.rst scripts/export-l10n-guide.py
 	./scripts/export-l10n-guide.py
 
-LANG_DATA = $(shell python -c 'from pkg_resources import Requirement, resource_filename; print(resource_filename(Requirement.parse("translate-toolkit"), "translate/lang/data.py"))')
+LANG_DATA = $(shell python ./scripts/get-lang-data-path.py)
 
 translate.csv: $(LANG_DATA) scripts/export-translate.py
 	./scripts/export-translate.py
diff --git a/scripts/get-lang-data-path.py b/scripts/get-lang-data-path.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..95e70d375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get-lang-data-path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright © Michal Čihař <michal@weblate.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+from importlib.resources import as_file, files
+
+ref = files("translate") / "lang" / "data.py"
+with as_file(ref) as path:
+    print(path)