diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-joblib_1.3.2.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-joblib_1.3.2.bb
index fe1e68c5ad..d68b40e384 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-joblib_1.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-joblib_1.3.2.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "92f865e621e17784e7955080b6d042489e3b8e294949cc44c6eac304f5
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-asyncio \
-    python3-distutils \
     python3-json \
     python3-multiprocessing \
     python3-pprint \