commit 5fd86d2158f7113879f0f150604fbd5435231531
Author: Remco van 't Veer <remco@remworks.net>
Date:   Sat Jun 7 12:52:00 2025 +0200

    Disable loading bundled packages

diff --git a/quodlibet/__init__.py b/quodlibet/__init__.py
index d740aaeaf..d99bb2271 100644
--- a/quodlibet/__init__.py
+++ b/quodlibet/__init__.py
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ if sys.platform == "win32":
 
     windll.kernel32.SetDllDirectoryW(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
 
-from ._import import install_redirect_import_hook
-
-install_redirect_import_hook()
-
 from .util.i18n import _, C_, N_, ngettext, npgettext
 from .util.dprint import print_d, print_e, print_w
 from ._init import init_cli, init
diff --git a/quodlibet/_import.py b/quodlibet/_import.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb70c8ea9..000000000
--- a/quodlibet/_import.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Christoph Reiter
-#           2020 Nick Boultbee
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-
-import sys
-import importlib
-import importlib.util
-
-
-class RedirectImportHook:
-    """Import hook which loads packages as sub packages.
-
-    e.g. "import raven" will import "quodlibet.packages.raven" even
-    if raven uses absolute imports internally.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, name, packages):
-        """
-        Args:
-            name (str): The package path to load the packages from
-            packages (List[str]): A list of packages provided
-        """
-
-        for package in packages:
-            if package in sys.modules:
-                raise Exception(f"{package!r} already loaded, can't redirect")
-
-        self._name = name
-        self._packages = packages
-
-    def find_spec(self, fullname, path, target=None):
-        loader = self.find_module(fullname, path)
-        if loader is not None:
-            return importlib.util.spec_from_loader(fullname, loader)
-        return None
-
-    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
-        package = fullname.split(".")[0]
-        if package in self._packages:
-            return self
-        return None
-
-    def load_module(self, name):
-        mod = None
-        if name in sys.modules:
-            mod = sys.modules[name]
-        loadname = self._name + "." + name
-        if loadname in sys.modules:
-            mod = sys.modules[loadname]
-        if mod is None:
-            mod = importlib.import_module(loadname)
-        sys.modules[name] = mod
-        sys.modules[loadname] = mod
-        return mod
-
-
-def install_redirect_import_hook():
-    """Install the import hook, does not import anything"""
-
-    import_hook = RedirectImportHook("quodlibet.packages", ["senf", "raven"])
-    sys.meta_path.insert(0, import_hook)