diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index a5bc6ce..326a032 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
 
 interesting_tags = []
 for tag in output.splitlines():
-    if re.match('^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$', tag):
+    if re.match(r'^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$', tag):
         parts = tuple(map(int, tag.split('.')))
         if parts < min_version:
             continue
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
index 499cb15..d21de87 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/zuul-operator-functional/test.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
         endpoint: "/api/tenants"
         expected:
           - name: local
-            projects: 1
-            queue: 0
 
     - name: setup git service
       include_tasks: tasks/git_setup.yaml
@@ -124,17 +122,6 @@
                       path: /run/dbus
                       type: DirectoryOrCreate
 
-    - name: ensure a job is running
-      when: skip_check is not defined
-      include_tasks: tasks/zuul_web_check.yaml
-      vars:
-        endpoint: "/api/tenants"
-        expected:
-          - name: local
-            projects: 1
-            # 1 queue means a job is running
-            queue: 1
-
     - name: get build results
       uri:
         url: "{{ zuul_web_url }}/api/tenant/local/builds?complete=true"
diff --git a/zuul_operator/cmd.py b/zuul_operator/cmd.py
index 115a787..3fe91ee 100644
--- a/zuul_operator/cmd.py
+++ b/zuul_operator/cmd.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class ZuulOperatorCommand:
         self.op = ZuulOperator()
 
     def _get_version(self):
-        from zuul_operator.version import version_info as version_info
-        return "Zuul Operator version: %s" % version_info.release_string()
+        from zuul_operator.version import release_string
+        return "Zuul Operator version: %s" % release_string
 
     def run(self):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
diff --git a/zuul_operator/version.py b/zuul_operator/version.py
index bcc8c9e..4f7d602 100644
--- a/zuul_operator/version.py
+++ b/zuul_operator/version.py
@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@
 
 import json
 
-import pbr.version
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
 
-version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('zuul-operator')
-release_string = version_info.release_string()
+zuul_operator_distribution = importlib_metadata.distribution('zuul-operator')
+release_string = zuul_operator_distribution.version
 
 is_release = None
 git_version = None
 try:
-    _metadata = json.loads(
-        pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-            'zuul-operator').get_metadata('pbr.json'))
+    _metadata = json.loads(zuul_operator_distribution.read_text('pbr.json'))
     if _metadata:
         is_release = _metadata['is_release']
         git_version = _metadata['git_version']