diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d1db4a7..f09129b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Handles multi-API versions of Azure Storage Data Plane originally from https://g
 
 Change Log
 ----------
+1.3.1
+++++++
+* packaging: remove pkg_resource import
+
 1.3.0
 ++++++
 * fileshare: Support v2024-08-04(12.17.0) and remove v2022-11-02
diff --git a/azure/multiapi/cosmosdb/v2017_04_17/__init__.py b/azure/multiapi/cosmosdb/v2017_04_17/__init__.py
index de40ea7..8b13789 100644
--- a/azure/multiapi/cosmosdb/v2017_04_17/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/multiapi/cosmosdb/v2017_04_17/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
diff --git a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/blob/__init__.py b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/blob/__init__.py
index 849489f..e02abfc 100644
--- a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/blob/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/blob/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
diff --git a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/filedatalake/__init__.py b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/filedatalake/__init__.py
index 849489f..e02abfc 100644
--- a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/filedatalake/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/filedatalake/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
diff --git a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/fileshare/__init__.py b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/fileshare/__init__.py
index 849489f..e02abfc 100644
--- a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/fileshare/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/fileshare/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
diff --git a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/queue/__init__.py b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/queue/__init__.py
index 849489f..e02abfc 100644
--- a/azure/multiapi/storagev2/queue/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/multiapi/storagev2/queue/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cca8ba5..97ae3b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='azure-multiapi-storage',
-    version='1.3.0',
+    version='1.3.1',
     description='Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library for Python with multi API version support.',
     long_description=open('README.rst', 'r').read(),
     license='MIT',