diff -Nuar requests-2.32.3.orig/setup.cfg requests-2.32.3/setup.cfg
--- requests-2.32.3.orig/setup.cfg	2024-05-29 23:36:10.000000000 +0800
+++ requests-2.32.3/setup.cfg	2024-11-04 14:18:55.628151448 +0800
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     socks
     use_chardet_on_py3
 requires-dist =
-    certifi>=2017.4.17
     charset_normalizer>=2,<4
     idna>=2.5,<4
     urllib3>=1.21.1,<3
diff -Nuar requests-2.32.3.orig/setup.py requests-2.32.3/setup.py
--- requests-2.32.3.orig/setup.py	2024-05-29 23:36:10.000000000 +0800
+++ requests-2.32.3/setup.py	2024-11-04 14:19:19.835151355 +0800
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     "charset_normalizer>=2,<4",
     "idna>=2.5,<4",
     "urllib3>=1.21.1,<3",
-    "certifi>=2017.4.17",
 ]
 test_requirements = [
     "pytest-httpbin==2.0.0",
diff -Nuar requests-2.32.3.orig/src/requests/certs.py requests-2.32.3/src/requests/certs.py
--- requests-2.32.3.orig/src/requests/certs.py	2024-05-29 23:36:10.000000000 +0800
+++ requests-2.32.3/src/requests/certs.py	2024-11-04 14:18:20.840151580 +0800
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@
 environment, you can change the definition of where() to return a separately
 packaged CA bundle.
 """
-from certifi import where
+
+import os
+
+if "_PIP_STANDALONE_CERT" not in os.environ:
+    def where():
+        return "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+else:
+    def where():
+        return os.environ["_PIP_STANDALONE_CERT"]
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(where())