diff --git a/dev-python/flask-restx/files/flask-restx-avoid-importlib_resources.patch b/dev-python/flask-restx/files/flask-restx-avoid-importlib_resources.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cda8a054f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/flask-restx/files/flask-restx-avoid-importlib_resources.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/flask_restx/schemas/__init__.py b/flask_restx/schemas/__init__.py
+index 27b9866..4369737 100644
+--- a/flask_restx/schemas/__init__.py
++++ b/flask_restx/schemas/__init__.py
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and allows to validate specs against them.
+ import io
+ import json
+ 
+-import importlib_resources
++import importlib.resources
+ 
+ from collections.abc import Mapping
+ from jsonschema import Draft4Validator
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class LazySchema(Mapping):
+ 
+     def _load(self):
+         if not self._schema:
+-            ref = importlib_resources.files(__name__) / self.filename
++            ref = importlib.resources.files(__name__) / self.filename
+ 
+             with io.open(ref) as infile:
+                 self._schema = json.load(infile)
diff --git a/dev-python/flask-restx/flask-restx-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/flask-restx/flask-restx-1.3.0.ebuild
index 51c5db5d93..3acfd76212 100644
--- a/dev-python/flask-restx/flask-restx-1.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/flask-restx/flask-restx-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pytz[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/werkzeug[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/importlib-resources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	)
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-avoid-importlib_resources.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_test() {