diff --git a/changelog.d/3072.misc.rst b/changelog.d/3072.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..362c9c3068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3072.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove lorem_ipsum from jaraco.text when vendored.
diff --git a/pkg_resources/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py b/pkg_resources/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py
index f39f2d9333..c466378ceb 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ def unwrap(s):
     return '\n'.join(cleaned)
 
 
-lorem_ipsum: str = files(__name__).joinpath('Lorem ipsum.txt').read_text()
 
 
 class Splitter(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b85f8e716..4cda3d3890 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 package_data = dict(
     setuptools=['script (dev).tmpl', 'script.tmpl', 'site-patch.py'],
 )
-package_data.update({'pkg_resources._vendor.jaraco.text': ['*.txt']})
 
 force_windows_specific_files = (
     os.environ.get("SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_WINDOWS_SPECIFIC_FILES", "1").lower()
diff --git a/tools/vendored.py b/tools/vendored.py
index a5f3b9f137..7159928ad3 100644
--- a/tools/vendored.py
+++ b/tools/vendored.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ def rewrite_jaraco_text(pkg_files, new_root):
         text = file.read_text()
         text = re.sub(r' (jaraco\.)', rf' {new_root}.\1', text)
         text = re.sub(r' (importlib_resources)', rf' {new_root}.\1', text)
+        # suppress loading of lorem_ipsum; ref #3072
+        text = re.sub(r'^lorem_ipsum.*\n$', '', text, flags=re.M)
         file.write_text(text)