diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pip_23.3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pip_23.3.1.bb
index 3699bdf515..38d6c4ad92 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pip_23.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pip_23.3.1.bb
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
   python3-unixadmin \
   python3-xmlrpc \
   python3-pickle \
-  python3-distutils \
   python3-image \
 "