diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-mako_0.7.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-mako_0.7.2.bb
index d2222d61d8..6f71561bdd 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-mako_0.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-mako_0.7.2.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=da8dd26ed9751ee0cfdf9df1a16bbb54"
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.makotemplates.org/downloads/Mako-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e3c0a677aa4216da9e89ef8fa76cbafb"
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fe8698e845035586bd711a6748e4e40a208a58de276b91380261647004
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/Mako-${PV}"
 
-inherit distutils
-
-DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS = "--single-version-externally-managed \
-                          --root=${D} \
-                          --install-lib=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}"
+inherit setuptools
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-threading \
                   python-netclient \