diff --git a/package/python-kiwi-spec-template b/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
index 325c405bf7a..2853e311e93 100644
--- a/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
+++ b/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %endif
 
 %if %{undefined python3_sitelib}
-%global python3_sitelib %(%{__python3} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
+%global python3_sitelib %(%{__python3} -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib'))")
 %endif
 
 %if %{undefined python3_version}