diff --git a/dev-python/dkimpy/dkimpy-1.0.5.ebuild b/dev-python/dkimpy/dkimpy-1.0.5.ebuild
index 761285956f7f4..e598a8d6cb308 100644
--- a/dev-python/dkimpy/dkimpy-1.0.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/dkimpy/dkimpy-1.0.5.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1 optfeature