diff --git a/dev-python/cryptography/cryptography-44.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/cryptography/cryptography-44.0.1.ebuild
index 694348dc5626a..e829f6b5fc0a6 100644
--- a/dev-python/cryptography/cryptography-44.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cryptography/cryptography-44.0.1.ebuild
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ src_unpack() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
-	default
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
 
 	sed -i -e 's:--benchmark-disable::' pyproject.toml || die