diff --git a/dev-python/guessit/guessit-3.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/guessit/guessit-3.0.0.ebuild
index aad2290ec2da2..a1fbba8fd9547 100644
--- a/dev-python/guessit/guessit-3.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/guessit/guessit-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/rebulk-0.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/python-dateutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
diff --git a/dev-python/guessit/guessit-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/guessit/guessit-9999.ebuild
index a9cdfbda3f142..150c82479b966 100644
--- a/dev-python/guessit/guessit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/guessit/guessit-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/rebulk-0.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/python-dateutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "