diff --git a/app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1.ebuild b/app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1.ebuild
rename to app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
index 547ab6c450..f43f2382df 100644
--- a/app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/liquidctl/liquidctl-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8,9} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 inherit distutils-r1 udev
 
 DESCRIPTION="Cross-platform tool and drivers for liquid coolers and other devices"