diff --git a/newsfragments/4492.misc.rst b/newsfragments/4492.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Now backports in ``core`` dependencies are installed only on Python versions requiring them.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db64f2bebd..717431bd81 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ core = [
 	"ordered-set>=3.1.1",
 	"more_itertools>=8.8",
 	"jaraco.text>=3.7",
-	"importlib_resources>=5.10.2",
-	"importlib_metadata>=6",
-	"tomli>=2.0.1",
+	"importlib_resources>=5.10.2; python_version < '3.9'",
+	"importlib_metadata>=6; python_version < '3.10'",
+	"tomli>=2.0.1; python_version < '3.11'",
 	"wheel>=0.43.0",
 
 	# pkg_resources