diff --git a/python/mach/mach/util.py b/python/mach/mach/util.py
index 3d20135178208..966fd0988ca02 100644
--- a/python/mach/mach/util.py
+++ b/python/mach/mach/util.py
@@ -703,106 +703,3 @@
         
 return
 None
-def
-strtobool
-(
-value
-:
-str
-)
-:
-    
-true_vals
-=
-(
-"
-y
-"
-"
-yes
-"
-"
-t
-"
-"
-true
-"
-"
-on
-"
-"
-1
-"
-)
-    
-false_vals
-=
-(
-"
-n
-"
-"
-no
-"
-"
-f
-"
-"
-false
-"
-"
-off
-"
-"
-0
-"
-)
-    
-value
-=
-value
-.
-lower
-(
-)
-    
-if
-value
-in
-true_vals
-:
-        
-return
-1
-    
-if
-value
-in
-false_vals
-:
-        
-return
-0
-    
-raise
-ValueError
-(
-f
-'
-Expected
-one
-of
-:
-{
-"
-"
-.
-join
-(
-true_vals
-+
-false_vals
-)
-}
-'
-)
diff --git a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/backend/mach_commands.py b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/backend/mach_commands.py
index 6e7804386be00..7d62e215db069 100644
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/backend/mach_commands.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/backend/mach_commands.py
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@
 "
     
 from
-mach
+distutils
 .
 util
 import
diff --git a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/code_analysis/mach_commands.py b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/code_analysis/mach_commands.py
index 0f3c54564d670..49c780a3a4ffc 100644
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/code_analysis/mach_commands.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/code_analysis/mach_commands.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 "
     
 from
-mach
+distutils
 .
 util
 import
diff --git a/taskcluster/docker/funsize-update-generator/scripts/funsize.py b/taskcluster/docker/funsize-update-generator/scripts/funsize.py
index 253f4dff96a74..b388e24e77cc3 100644
--- a/taskcluster/docker/funsize-update-generator/scripts/funsize.py
+++ b/taskcluster/docker/funsize-update-generator/scripts/funsize.py
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@
 import
 AsyncExitStack
 from
+distutils
+.
+util
+import
+strtobool
+from
 pathlib
 import
 Path
 import
 aiohttp
 from
-mach
-.
-util
-import
-strtobool
-from
 mardor
 .
 reader
diff --git a/taskcluster/mach_commands.py b/taskcluster/mach_commands.py
index 7ed1936efeb71..ae8b3b4231db9 100644
--- a/taskcluster/mach_commands.py
+++ b/taskcluster/mach_commands.py
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
 Command
 CommandArgument
 SubCommand
-from
-mach
-.
-util
-import
-strtobool
 logger
 =
 logging
@@ -65,6 +59,107 @@
 "
 )
 def
+strtobool
+(
+value
+)
+:
+    
+"
+"
+"
+Convert
+string
+to
+boolean
+.
+    
+Wraps
+"
+distutils
+.
+util
+.
+strtobool
+"
+deferring
+the
+import
+of
+the
+package
+    
+in
+case
+it
+'
+s
+not
+installed
+.
+Otherwise
+we
+have
+a
+"
+chicken
+and
+egg
+problem
+"
+where
+    
+|
+mach
+bootstrap
+|
+would
+install
+the
+required
+package
+to
+enable
+"
+distutils
+.
+util
+"
+but
+    
+it
+can
+'
+t
+because
+mach
+fails
+to
+interpret
+this
+file
+.
+    
+"
+"
+"
+    
+from
+distutils
+.
+util
+import
+strtobool
+    
+return
+bool
+(
+strtobool
+(
+value
+)
+)
+def
 get_taskgraph_command_parser
 (
 name