diff --git a/dev-python/darkdetect/darkdetect-0.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/darkdetect/darkdetect-0.8.0.ebuild
index f13950acef..cb63c5270f 100644
--- a/dev-python/darkdetect/darkdetect-0.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/darkdetect/darkdetect-0.8.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} pypy3  )
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Detect OS dark mode from Python"