diff --git a/dev-python/python-levenshtein/python-levenshtein-0.12.2.ebuild b/dev-python/python-levenshtein/python-levenshtein-0.12.2.ebuild
index 5628d65199a72..eb68abba9ce07 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-levenshtein/python-levenshtein-0.12.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-levenshtein/python-levenshtein-0.12.2.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 
 MY_PN="python-Levenshtein"
 MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"