diff --git a/dev-python/python-slugify/python-slugify-4.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/python-slugify/python-slugify-4.0.1.ebuild
index 4463c603e80d1..0f9dcf8dacc50 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-slugify/python-slugify-4.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-slugify/python-slugify-4.0.1.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1