diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
index 37bb88cd0e6..c0903ebb963 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
@@ -128,8 +128,25 @@ def truncate_text(str_to_shorten, width=70, placeholder=' [...]'):
 
 
 def get_installed_cli_distributions():
-    from pkg_resources import working_set
-    return [d for d in list(working_set) if d.key == CLI_PACKAGE_NAME or d.key.startswith(COMPONENT_PREFIX)]
+    # Stop importing pkg_resources, because importing it is slow (~200ms).
+    # from pkg_resources import working_set
+    # return [d for d in list(working_set) if d.key == CLI_PACKAGE_NAME or d.key.startswith(COMPONENT_PREFIX)]
+
+    # Use the hard-coded version instead of querying all modules under site-packages.
+    from azure.cli.core import __version__ as azure_cli_core_version
+    from azure.cli.telemetry import __version__ as azure_cli_telemetry_version
+
+    class VersionItem:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+        """A mock of pkg_resources.EggInfoDistribution to maintain backward compatibility."""
+        def __init__(self, key, version):
+            self.key = key
+            self.version = version
+
+    return [
+        VersionItem('azure-cli', azure_cli_core_version),
+        VersionItem('azure-cli-core', azure_cli_core_version),
+        VersionItem('azure-cli-telemetry', azure_cli_telemetry_version)
+    ]
 
 
 def _update_latest_from_pypi(versions):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-telemetry/azure/cli/telemetry/__init__.py b/src/azure-cli-telemetry/azure/cli/telemetry/__init__.py
index 1c1c06da50c..9c025bf7cd5 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-telemetry/azure/cli/telemetry/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-telemetry/azure/cli/telemetry/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 from azure.cli.telemetry.util import save_payload
 
+__version__ = "1.0.5"
+
 
 def _start(config_dir):
     from azure.cli.telemetry.components.telemetry_logging import get_logger
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_cli_version.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/tests/latest/test_version.py
similarity index 94%
rename from src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_cli_version.py
rename to src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/tests/latest/test_version.py
index e7e5f4524c0..cc39f53986e 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_cli_version.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/tests/latest/test_version.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def test_version(self):
         self.assertIn('azure-cli', output)
         self.assertIn('azure-cli-core', output)
         self.assertIn('azure-cli-telemetry', output)
-        self.assertIn('azure-cli-testsdk', output)
         self.assertIn('extensions', output)
         self.assertIsInstance(output['extensions'], Dict)