diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
index 8f84269919f4..cbac6f76731a 100644
--- a/setupext.py
+++ b/setupext.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import configparser
-from distutils import sysconfig
 import functools
 import hashlib
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import sysconfig
 import tarfile
 import textwrap
 import urllib.request