diff --git a/app-portage/repoman/repoman-2.3.20.ebuild b/app-portage/repoman/repoman-2.3.20.ebuild
index 5ad8f8fa93ea1..c77f2d7f7328f 100644
--- a/app-portage/repoman/repoman-2.3.20.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/repoman/repoman-2.3.20.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7,8} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+)'
 
diff --git a/app-portage/repoman/repoman-9999.ebuild b/app-portage/repoman/repoman-9999.ebuild
index 8c76012cfb78d..b19cdf4223820 100644
--- a/app-portage/repoman/repoman-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/repoman/repoman-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{6,7} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+)'