diff --git a/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.10.3.ebuild b/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.10.3.ebuild
index db1ffac942b3f..939e686bb3b43 100644
--- a/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.10.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.10.3.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pbr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="dev-python/pbr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.17.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.17.0.ebuild
index 521c8d3efe664..13ba0b43ea39c 100644
--- a/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/glean/glean-1.17.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 python3_7 python3_8 )
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pbr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="dev-python/pbr[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_install() {