diff --git a/.github/ci/packages.apt b/.github/ci/packages.apt
index 359b64268..b9f32c5a3 100644
--- a/.github/ci/packages.apt
+++ b/.github/ci/packages.apt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ libzmq3-dev
 pkg-config
 protobuf-compiler
 python3-dev
-python3-distutils
 python3-psutil
 python3-pybind11
 python3-pytest
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 83b50cb2c..0a85f14a2 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <depend>protobuf-dev</depend>
   <depend>pybind11-dev</depend>
   <depend>python3-dev</depend>
-  <depend>python3-distutils</depend>
   <depend>python3-psutil</depend>
   <depend>python3-pytest</depend>
   <depend>uuid</depend>