diff --git a/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py b/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py
index 985a105982..af4b327c53 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ simple_config_file:
 import json
 import ssl
 
-from packaging import version
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ try:
     import websocket
     from websocket import create_connection
 
-    if version.parse(websocket.__version__) <= version.parse('1.0.0'):
+    if LooseVersion(websocket.__version__) <= LooseVersion('1.0.0'):
         raise ImportError
 except ImportError as e:
     HAS_WEBSOCKET = False