diff --git a/package/python-mwscrape2slob/python-mwscrape2slob.mk b/package/python-mwscrape2slob/python-mwscrape2slob.mk
index cd8ae35234..a99005ba7c 100644
--- a/package/python-mwscrape2slob/python-mwscrape2slob.mk
+++ b/package/python-mwscrape2slob/python-mwscrape2slob.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_VERSION = e01d3e92f0a372ebd0f57390e437a28f9d3c0438
 PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_SITE = $(call github,itkach,mwscrape2slob,$(PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_VERSION))
 PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_LICENSE = GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0 (MathJax), GPL (MediaWiki monobook style sheet)
-PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_MWSCRAPE2SLOB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 $(eval $(python-package))