diff --git a/dev-python/patch-ng/patch-ng-1.17.4.ebuild b/dev-python/patch-ng/patch-ng-1.17.4.ebuild
index 39e7235c4fa4f..23be57172006e 100644
--- a/dev-python/patch-ng/patch-ng-1.17.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/patch-ng/patch-ng-1.17.4.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Library to parse and apply unified diffs, fork of dev-python/patch"