diff --git a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.9.1.ebuild b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.9.1.ebuild
index 352de5f33a..0f131e6760 100644
--- a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.9.1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_12 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi