diff --git a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-0.4.ebuild b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-0.4.ebuild
index 6014f57e3aa29..adde725cad0d6 100644
--- a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-0.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-0.4.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
index bd7d61998dfe1..0cec3a3935e89 100644
--- a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 EGIT_BRANCH="master"