diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 580842d0d6..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-require python-distutils-extra.inc
-
-inherit setuptools3
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/python-distutils-extra-${PV}"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
-    python3-setuptools \
-"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-distutils-extra.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra_2.39.bb
similarity index 82%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-distutils-extra.inc
rename to meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra_2.39.bb
index 3430cedf63..8aca4ca3ac 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-distutils-extra.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python3-distutils-extra_2.39.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4325afd396febcb659c36b49533135d4"
 
-PV = "2.39"
 SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/python-distutils-extra/trunk/${PV}/+download/python-distutils-extra-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "16e06db0ef73a35b4bff4b9eed5699b5"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "723f24f4d65fc8d99b33a002fbbb3771d4cc9d664c97085bf37f3997ae8063af"
 
+inherit setuptools3
+
+PIP_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "python_distutils_extra"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/python-distutils-extra-${PV}"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"