diff --git a/dev-python/pefile/pefile-2021.9.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pefile/pefile-2021.9.3.ebuild
index 84c6fed769276..e80b72dea4578 100644
--- a/dev-python/pefile/pefile-2021.9.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pefile/pefile-2021.9.3.ebuild
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Module to read and work with Portable Executable (PE) files"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"
 
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile.git"
 	inherit git-r3
 else
diff --git a/dev-python/pefile/pefile-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pefile/pefile-9999.ebuild
index 84c6fed769276..e80b72dea4578 100644
--- a/dev-python/pefile/pefile-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pefile/pefile-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Module to read and work with Portable Executable (PE) files"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"
 
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile.git"
 	inherit git-r3
 else