diff --git a/dev-vcs/stgit/stgit-0.23.ebuild b/dev-vcs/stgit/stgit-0.23.ebuild
index a700e23fc3bc3..c3c0dfccfec31 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/stgit/stgit-0.23.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/stgit/stgit-0.23.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1