diff --git a/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-0.9.0.ebuild b/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-0.9.0.ebuild
index 90a198efd46f7..d65dc94f4e0ea 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-0.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-0.9.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit distutils-r1