diff --git a/dev-python/restructuredtext-lint/restructuredtext-lint-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/restructuredtext-lint/restructuredtext-lint-1.3.0.ebuild
index 6e6ed25ed5f24..5ed34281d5154 100644
--- a/dev-python/restructuredtext-lint/restructuredtext-lint-1.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/restructuredtext-lint/restructuredtext-lint-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
+EAPI=7
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]