diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
index 34e7487de3a68..98b924808219d 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7,8} pypy{,3} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"