diff --git a/docs/changelog/2238.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/2238.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11cc6230a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2238.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Omit backports.entry_points_selectable for Python >=3.10
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2b48a54b0..e9edffa7e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    backports.entry-points-selectable>=1.0.4
     distlib>=0.3.1,<1
     filelock>=3.2,<4
     platformdirs>=2,<3
     six>=1.9.0,<2   # keep it >=1.9.0 as it may cause problems on LTS platforms
+    backports.entry-points-selectable>=1.0.4;python_version<"3.10"
     importlib-metadata>=0.12;python_version<"3.8"
     importlib-resources>=1.0;python_version<"3.7"
     pathlib2>=2.3.3,<3;python_version < '3.4' and sys.platform != 'win32'
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py b/src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py
index f1f4ee061..c667e8dfd 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from backports.entry_points_selectable import entry_points
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+else:
+    from backports.entry_points_selectable import entry_points
 
 
 class PluginLoader(object):