diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.0.bb
index f7a2c1bb95..2e2d750e17 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.0.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-setuptools-scm-native"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-py ${PYTHON_PN}-setuptools ${PYTHON_PN}-debugger ${PYTHON_PN}-json \
-                  ${PYTHON_PN}-io ${PYTHON_PN}-distutils"
+                  ${PYTHON_PN}-io"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"