diff --git a/app/build_containers.py b/app/build_containers.py
index c74df1e9..fde6c305 100644
--- a/app/build_containers.py
+++ b/app/build_containers.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import os
 from decouple import config
 import subprocess
 import click
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib
 from .util import include_exclude_check
 
 # TODO: find a place for this
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude):
     if not os.path.isdir(dev_root_path):
         print('Dev root directory doesn\'t exist, creating')
 
-    with pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, "data/container-image-list.txt") as container_list_file:
-        containers = container_list_file.read().decode().splitlines()
+    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
+    from . import data
+    with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "container-image-list.txt") as container_list_file:
+        containers = container_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
     if verbose:
         print(f'Containers: {containers}')
diff --git a/app/build_npms.py b/app/build_npms.py
index e00c0734..905a54cd 100644
--- a/app/build_npms.py
+++ b/app/build_npms.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import os
 from decouple import config
 import click
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib
 from python_on_whales import docker
 from .util import include_exclude_check
 
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude):
     if not os.path.isdir(dev_root_path):
         print('Dev root directory doesn\'t exist, creating')
 
-    with pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, "data/npm-package-list.txt") as package_list_file:
-        packages = package_list_file.read().decode().splitlines()
+    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
+    from . import data
+    with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "npm-package-list.txt") as package_list_file:
+        packages = package_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
     if verbose:
         print(f'Packages: {packages}')
diff --git a/app/data/__init__.py b/app/data/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/app/deploy_system.py b/app/deploy_system.py
index 45f6b61e..169e0d6b 100644
--- a/app/deploy_system.py
+++ b/app/deploy_system.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from python_on_whales import DockerClient
 import click
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib
 from .util import include_exclude_check
 
 
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, cluster, command, services):
         if verbose:
             print(f"Using cluster name: {cluster}")
 
-    with pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, "data/pod-list.txt") as pod_list_file:
-        pods = pod_list_file.read().decode().splitlines()
+    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
+    from . import data
+    with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "pod-list.txt") as pod_list_file:
+        pods = pod_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
     if verbose:
         print(f"Pods: {pods}")
diff --git a/app/setup_repositories.py b/app/setup_repositories.py
index 3086cbb1..bb1c3c69 100644
--- a/app/setup_repositories.py
+++ b/app/setup_repositories.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from decouple import config
 import git
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import click
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib
 from .util import include_exclude_check
 
 
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches_file):
             print('Dev root directory doesn\'t exist, creating')
         os.makedirs(dev_root_path)
 
-    with pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, "data/repository-list.txt") as repository_list_file: 
-        all_repos = repository_list_file.read().decode().splitlines()
+    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
+    from . import data
+    with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "repository-list.txt") as repository_list_file:
+        all_repos = repository_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
     if verbose:
         print(f"Repos: {all_repos}")