diff --git a/package/opencv4/opencv4.mk b/package/opencv4/opencv4.mk
index b535761cb2..e50e0f99a9 100644
--- a/package/opencv4/opencv4.mk
+++ b/package/opencv4/opencv4.mk
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ OPENCV4_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DPYTHON3_NUMPY_VERSION=$(PYTHON_NUMPY_VERSION)
 OPENCV4_DEPENDENCIES += python3
 OPENCV4_KEEP_PY_FILES += usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/cv2/config*.py
-OPENCV4_CONF_ENV += $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV)
+OPENCV4_CONF_ENV += $(PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV)
 OPENCV4_DEPENDENCIES += python-numpy
 else
 OPENCV4_CONF_OPTS += \