diff --git a/dev-python/os-ken/os-ken-2.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/os-ken/os-ken-2.1.0.ebuild
index b01b88bd7d..420db16a66 100644
--- a/dev-python/os-ken/os-ken-2.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/os-ken/os-ken-2.1.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1