diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdg/pyxdg-0.26-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pyxdg/pyxdg-0.26-r1.ebuild
index 42c7aba9535bf..08d87ce82d84a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyxdg/pyxdg-0.26-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyxdg/pyxdg-0.26-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_6,3_7,3_8} )
+
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 MY_P=${PN}-rel-${PV}