diff --git a/app-portage/layman/layman-2.4.2-r2.ebuild b/app-portage/layman/layman-2.4.2-r2.ebuild
index a82ec4d06a4cf..54f32a3e662d2 100644
--- a/app-portage/layman/layman-2.4.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/layman/layman-2.4.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI="7"
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+),sqlite?"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit eutils distutils-r1 linux-info prefix
 
diff --git a/app-portage/layman/layman-9999.ebuild b/app-portage/layman/layman-9999.ebuild
index a82ec4d06a4cf..54f32a3e662d2 100644
--- a/app-portage/layman/layman-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/layman/layman-9999.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI="7"
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+),sqlite?"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit eutils distutils-r1 linux-info prefix