diff --git a/orangecanvas/application/utils/addons.py b/orangecanvas/application/utils/addons.py
index dbce16d6..14e6f80c 100644
--- a/orangecanvas/application/utils/addons.py
+++ b/orangecanvas/application/utils/addons.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from orangecanvas import config
 from orangecanvas.utils import unique
 from orangecanvas.utils.pkgmeta import (
-    parse_meta, Distribution, get_distribution
+    parse_meta, normalize_name, Distribution, get_distribution
 )
 from orangecanvas.utils.shtools import create_process, python_process
 
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
 B = TypeVar("B")
 
 
-def normalize_name(name):
-    return re.sub(r"[-_.]+", "-", name).lower()
-
-
 def prettify_name(name):
     dash_split = name.split('-')
     # Orange3-ImageAnalytics => ImageAnalytics