diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-subtesthack/pytest-subtesthack-0.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-subtesthack/pytest-subtesthack-0.1.1.ebuild
index 87ae193d0678a..22d9efabdc995 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-subtesthack/pytest-subtesthack-0.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-subtesthack/pytest-subtesthack-0.1.1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1