diff --git a/app-text/xlsx2csv/xlsx2csv-0.7.6.ebuild b/app-text/xlsx2csv/xlsx2csv-0.7.6.ebuild
index 804e56281affd..bb4698b812d24 100644
--- a/app-text/xlsx2csv/xlsx2csv-0.7.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/xlsx2csv/xlsx2csv-0.7.6.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit distutils-r1