diff --git a/dev-python/pycairo/pycairo-1.16.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pycairo/pycairo-1.16.3-r1.ebuild
index 01ca0c905906f..8c80861142db3 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycairo/pycairo-1.16.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pycairo/pycairo-1.16.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	)
 "
 
-python_prepare_all() {
-	# Fix pkgconfig path
-	sed -i -e "/libdir =/s:\"lib\":\"$(get_libdir)\":" setup.py || die
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
 python_compile_all() {
 	use doc && emake -C docs
 }