diff --git a/dev-python/theano-pymc/theano-pymc-1.1.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/theano-pymc/theano-pymc-1.1.2-r1.ebuild
index 6f1edc13d6e8d..93f366d57d582 100644
--- a/dev-python/theano-pymc/theano-pymc-1.1.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/theano-pymc/theano-pymc-1.1.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
 inherit distutils-r1 optfeature