diff --git a/dev-db/pgcli/pgcli-3.1.0.ebuild b/dev-db/pgcli/pgcli-3.1.0.ebuild
index 8813d3a0b1702..47be22f330268 100644
--- a/dev-db/pgcli/pgcli-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/pgcli/pgcli-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
 inherit distutils-r1