diff --git a/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-0.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-0.2.ebuild
index 28a2dff1e5c90..49a6a7efaf243 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-0.2.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
diff --git a/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-9999.ebuild
index f5467923e9836..a857c473d66fa 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyGPG/pyGPG-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then