diff --git a/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild b/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild
index 6747474754..84306ae03a 100644
--- a/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI="7"
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
-#DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1