diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-virtualenv/pytest-virtualenv-1.7.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-virtualenv/pytest-virtualenv-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
index 7f6f53a087180..5ca89becd5363 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-virtualenv/pytest-virtualenv-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-virtualenv/pytest-virtualenv-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8,9} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1