diff --git a/dev-python/jplephem/jplephem-2.21.ebuild b/dev-python/jplephem/jplephem-2.21.ebuild
index 7e999a2d88..eb6d10e016 100644
--- a/dev-python/jplephem/jplephem-2.21.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jplephem/jplephem-2.21.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11,12} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi