diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-httptools_0.6.4.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-httptools_0.6.4.bb
index 49f14da206..d8a9f06908 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-httptools_0.6.4.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-httptools_0.6.4.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/MagicStack/httptools"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=0a2d82955bf3facdf04cb882655e840e"
 
-inherit pypi setuptools3 ptest-python-pytest
+inherit pypi setuptools3_legacy ptest-python-pytest
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4e93eee4add6493b59a5c514da98c939b244fce4a0d8879cd3f466562f4b7d5c"