diff --git a/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
index a9de582f39046..d4bf62bd622a2 100644
--- a/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/backports/backports-1.0.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI=7
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7,8} pypy{,3} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1