diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
index d44541fcbfbf42..371c4822095862 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ class EntryPoint(DeprecatedTuple):
 
     pattern = re.compile(
         r'(?P<module>[\w.]+)\s*'
-        r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+))?\s*'
-        r'(?P<extras>\[.*\])?\s*$'
+        r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+)\s*)?'
+        r'((?P<extras>\[.*\])\s*)?$'
     )
     """
     A regular expression describing the syntax for an entry point,
@@ -571,18 +571,6 @@ def _discover_resolvers():
         )
         return filter(None, declared)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _local(cls, root='.'):
-        from pep517 import build, meta
-
-        system = build.compat_system(root)
-        builder = functools.partial(
-            meta.build,
-            source_dir=root,
-            system=system,
-        )
-        return PathDistribution(zipfile.Path(meta.build_as_zip(builder)))
-
     @property
     def metadata(self) -> _meta.PackageMetadata:
         """Return the parsed metadata for this Distribution.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/fixtures.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/fixtures.py
index d7ed4e9d56ff55..803d3738d263f4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/fixtures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/fixtures.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
 try:
-    from importlib import resources
+    from importlib import resources  # type: ignore
 
     getattr(resources, 'files')
     getattr(resources, 'as_file')
@@ -232,21 +232,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         build_files(EggInfoFile.files, prefix=self.site_dir)
 
 
-class LocalPackage:
-    files: FilesDef = {
-        "setup.py": """
-            import setuptools
-            setuptools.setup(name="local-pkg", version="2.0.1")
-            """,
-    }
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fixtures = contextlib.ExitStack()
-        self.addCleanup(self.fixtures.close)
-        self.fixtures.enter_context(tempdir_as_cwd())
-        build_files(self.files)
-
-
 def build_files(file_defs, prefix=pathlib.Path()):
     """Build a set of files/directories, as described by the
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-45-46.bpo-46474.2DUC62.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-45-46.bpo-46474.2DUC62.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a5eafdf30f148c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-45-46.bpo-46474.2DUC62.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Removed private method from ``importlib.metadata.Path``. Sync with
+importlib_metadata 4.10.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-49-10.bpo-46474.eKQhvx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-49-10.bpo-46474.eKQhvx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..156b7de4f67877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-49-10.bpo-46474.eKQhvx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+In ``importlib.metadata.EntryPoint.pattern``, avoid potential REDoS by
+limiting ambiguity in consecutive whitespace.