diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools-rust_1.8.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools-rust_1.8.1.bb
index a91ee23ca0c..13817cb3150 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools-rust_1.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools-rust_1.8.1.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-scm-native python3-wheel-native"
 DEPENDS += "python3-semantic-version-native"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
-    python3-distutils \
     python3-json \
     python3-semantic-version \
     python3-setuptools \