diff --git a/dev-python/rcssmin/rcssmin-1.0.6.ebuild b/dev-python/rcssmin/rcssmin-1.0.6.ebuild
index 2b25442b0fdb2..5b018b3974076 100644
--- a/dev-python/rcssmin/rcssmin-1.0.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rcssmin/rcssmin-1.0.6.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8,9} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="CSS minifier written in python."