diff --git a/dev-python/helpdev/helpdev-0.7.1.ebuild b/dev-python/helpdev/helpdev-0.7.1.ebuild
index ce272819a659d..5f35f0d33cb6d 100644
--- a/dev-python/helpdev/helpdev-0.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/helpdev/helpdev-0.7.1.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..10} )
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Helping users and developers to get information about the environment"