diff --git a/twine/package.py b/twine/package.py
index 00a59f96..26da5e54 100644
--- a/twine/package.py
+++ b/twine/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 from twine import wheel
 from twine import wininst
 
+# Monkeypatch Metadata 2.0 support
+metadata._VALID_METADATA_VERSIONS = [
+    "1.0",
+    "1.1",
+    "1.2",
+    "2.0",
+    "2.1",
+    "2.2",
+    "2.3",
+    "2.4",
+]
+
 DIST_TYPES = {
     "bdist_wheel": wheel.Wheel,
     "bdist_wininst": wininst.WinInst,
diff --git a/twine/wheel.py b/twine/wheel.py
index 430d0a3b..be274d5a 100644
--- a/twine/wheel.py
+++ b/twine/wheel.py
@@ -14,17 +14,11 @@
 import os
 import re
 import zipfile
-from typing import List, Literal, Optional
-
-import packaging.metadata
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from twine import distribution
 from twine import exceptions
 
-# Monkeypatch Metadata 2.0 support
-packaging.metadata._VALID_METADATA_VERSIONS = ["1.0", "1.1", "1.2", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "2.4"]
-
-
 wheel_file_re = re.compile(
     r"""^(?P<namever>(?P<name>.+?)(-(?P<ver>\d.+?))?)
         ((-(?P<build>\d.*?))?-(?P<pyver>.+?)-(?P<abi>.+?)-(?P<plat>.+?)