1 files changed, 3 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
index ba78c57eeb..b8ac482994 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ class PathFinder:
         return spec.loader
 
     @classmethod
-    def find_distributions(self, context=None):
+    def find_distributions(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Find distributions.
 
@@ -1378,54 +1378,8 @@ class PathFinder:
         (or all names if ``None`` indicated) along the paths in the list
         of directories ``context.path``.
         """
-        from importlib.metadata import PathDistribution, DistributionFinder
-        if context is None:
-            context = DistributionFinder.Context()
-        found = self._search_paths(context.pattern, context.path)
-        return map(PathDistribution, found)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _search_paths(cls, pattern, paths):
-        """Find metadata directories in paths heuristically."""
-        import itertools
-        return itertools.chain.from_iterable(
-            cls._search_path(path, pattern)
-            for path in map(cls._switch_path, paths)
-            )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _switch_path(path):
-        from contextlib import suppress
-        import zipfile
-        import pathlib
-        PYPY_OPEN_BUG = False
-        if not PYPY_OPEN_BUG or os.path.isfile(path):  # pragma: no branch
-            with suppress(Exception):
-                return zipfile.Path(path)
-        return pathlib.Path(path)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _matches_info(cls, normalized, item):
-        import re
-        template = r'{pattern}(-.*)?\.(dist|egg)-info'
-        manifest = template.format(pattern=normalized)
-        return re.match(manifest, item.name, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _matches_legacy(cls, normalized, item):
-        import re
-        template = r'{pattern}-.*\.egg[\\/]EGG-INFO'
-        manifest = template.format(pattern=normalized)
-        return re.search(manifest, str(item), flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _search_path(cls, root, pattern):
-        if not root.is_dir():
-            return ()
-        normalized = pattern.replace('-', '_')
-        return (item for item in root.iterdir()
-                if cls._matches_info(normalized, item)
-                or cls._matches_legacy(normalized, item))
+        from importlib.metadata import MetadataPathFinder
+        return MetadataPathFinder.find_distributions(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class FileFinder: