diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-web3_6.12.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-web3_6.12.0.bb
index f0f126508a..c54f362c61 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-web3_6.12.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-web3_6.12.0.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ inherit pypi setuptools3
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-aiohttp \
-    python3-distutils \
     python3-eth-account \
     python3-idna \
     python3-jsonschema \