diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 94f6bbb1..d51400d5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ runs:
   - run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential valgrind clang-tools lcov gperf astyle codespell
     shell: bash
   - run: |
-      sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-distutils python3-setuptools python3-pip
+      sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-setuptools python3-pip
       python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
       python3 -m pip install cython
       # Add cython to the path