diff --git a/dev-python/tappy/tappy-3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/tappy/tappy-3.0.ebuild
index 5da85077d327c..1e5e46fa18a27 100644
--- a/dev-python/tappy/tappy-3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tappy/tappy-3.0.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..10} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 MY_PN=tap.py