diff --git a/dev-python/blosc/blosc-1.9.1.ebuild b/dev-python/blosc/blosc-1.9.1.ebuild
index 50df9cddf599f..2cda56af6d430 100644
--- a/dev-python/blosc/blosc-1.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/blosc/blosc-1.9.1.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..8} )
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -17,9 +19,9 @@ IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-libs/c-blosc:="
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/scikit-build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -32,12 +34,6 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 	DOCS=( ANNOUNCE.rst  README.rst  RELEASE_NOTES.rst )
 }
 
-python_compile_all() {
-	esetup.py build_clib
-	esetup.py build_ext --inplace
-	esetup.py build
-}
-
 python_test() {
 	cd "${BUILD_DIR}"/lib || die
 	PYTHONPATH=. nosetests -v || die