diff --git a/testing/kubesplit/APKBUILD b/testing/kubesplit/APKBUILD
index 5db61c985f5b2d89431cc032dd865c140daee3ed..98346edfb25f954fba847001e8229b2d6a206d51 100644
--- a/testing/kubesplit/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/kubesplit/APKBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/looztra/kubesplit/archive/v$
 	remove-hard-pytest-requirement.patch"
 
 build() {
+	export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 	python3 setup.py build
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ check() {
 }
 
 package() {
+	export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir"
 }