diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cppy_1.2.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cppy_1.2.1.bb
index 270f74963d..7817401fa4 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cppy_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cppy_1.2.1.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=0bfb3e39b13587f0028f17baf0e42371"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "83b43bf17b1085ac15c5debdb42154f138b928234b21447358981f69d0d6fe1b"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-setuptools python3-distutils"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-setuptools"
 
 inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta