--- a/certifi/core.py
+++ b/certifi/core.py
@@ -10,36 +10,15 @@ import sys
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
 
     from importlib.resources import as_file, files
+    from pathlib import Path
 
-    _CACERT_CTX = None
-    _CACERT_PATH = None
+    _CACERT_PATH = '/etc/ssl/certs.pem'
 
     def where() -> str:
-        # This is slightly terrible, but we want to delay extracting the file
-        # in cases where we're inside of a zipimport situation until someone
-        # actually calls where(), but we don't want to re-extract the file
-        # on every call of where(), so we'll do it once then store it in a
-        # global variable.
-        global _CACERT_CTX
-        global _CACERT_PATH
-        if _CACERT_PATH is None:
-            # This is slightly janky, the importlib.resources API wants you to
-            # manage the cleanup of this file, so it doesn't actually return a
-            # path, it returns a context manager that will give you the path
-            # when you enter it and will do any cleanup when you leave it. In
-            # the common case of not needing a temporary file, it will just
-            # return the file system location and the __exit__() is a no-op.
-            #
-            # We also have to hold onto the actual context manager, because
-            # it will do the cleanup whenever it gets garbage collected, so
-            # we will also store that at the global level as well.
-            _CACERT_CTX = as_file(files("certifi").joinpath("cacert.pem"))
-            _CACERT_PATH = str(_CACERT_CTX.__enter__())
-
         return _CACERT_PATH
 
     def contents() -> str:
-        return files("certifi").joinpath("cacert.pem").read_text(encoding="ascii")
+        return Path(_CACERT_PATH).read_text(encoding="ascii")
 
 elif sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
 
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setup(
         'certifi',
     ],
     package_dir={'certifi': 'certifi'},
-    package_data={'certifi': ['*.pem', 'py.typed']},
+    package_data={'certifi': ['py.typed']},
     # data_files=[('certifi', ['certifi/cacert.pem'])],
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,