diff --git a/dev/registry/extract_metadata.py b/dev/registry/extract_metadata.py
index 19b32dcbf18a0..0acabf69ece99 100644
--- a/dev/registry/extract_metadata.py
+++ b/dev/registry/extract_metadata.py
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import urllib.request
 import zlib
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
-try:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     import tomllib  # Python 3.11+ stdlib
-except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover -- Python 3.10 fallback
-    import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+else:  # pragma: no cover -- Python 3.10 fallback
+    import tomli as tomllib
 
 import yaml
 from registry_contract_models import validate_providers_catalog
diff --git a/dev/registry/extract_versions.py b/dev/registry/extract_versions.py
index 2908b22b32e6a..cc5f094c79f05 100644
--- a/dev/registry/extract_versions.py
+++ b/dev/registry/extract_versions.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
-try:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     import tomllib  # Python 3.11+ stdlib
-except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover -- Python 3.10 fallback
-    import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+else:  # pragma: no cover -- Python 3.10 fallback
+    import tomli as tomllib
 from registry_contract_models import validate_provider_version_metadata
 
 try: