From 3f97940f2259c2b29d498b58f9b139cc4f407bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joris Van den Bossche <jorisvandenbossche@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:52:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #42006: DEP: move pkg_resources back inline in
 function (delayed import)

---
 pandas/plotting/_core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_core.py b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
index 00d87b707580d..302d5ede0ae86 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_core.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
     Sequence,
 )
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 from pandas._config import get_option
 
 from pandas._typing import IndexLabel
@@ -1745,6 +1743,8 @@ def _load_backend(backend: str) -> types.ModuleType:
     types.ModuleType
         The imported backend.
     """
+    import pkg_resources
+
     if backend == "matplotlib":
         # Because matplotlib is an optional dependency and first-party backend,
         # we need to attempt an import here to raise an ImportError if needed.