diff --git a/dev-python/materialyoucolor/materialyoucolor-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/materialyoucolor/materialyoucolor-9999.ebuild
index 450227f..193587f 100644
--- a/dev-python/materialyoucolor/materialyoucolor-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/materialyoucolor/materialyoucolor-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
 
 inherit git-r3 distutils-r1 shell-completion