diff --git a/no2to3.patch b/no2to3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35c3774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no2to3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- funcparserlib-0.3.6/setup.py
++++ funcparserlib-0.3.6/setup.py
+@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
+ import sys
+ 
+ extra = {}
+-if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+-    extra['use_2to3'] = True
+-
+-
+ setup(
+     name='funcparserlib',
+     version='0.3.6',
diff --git a/python-funcparserlib.changes b/python-funcparserlib.changes
index e905c9c..59bc590 100644
--- a/python-funcparserlib.changes
+++ b/python-funcparserlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  1 09:44:35 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add no2to3.patch for compatibility with newer setuptools 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov  8 14:50:25 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-funcparserlib.spec b/python-funcparserlib.spec
index ff38259..51994ea 100644
--- a/python-funcparserlib.spec
+++ b/python-funcparserlib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-funcparserlib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/vlasovskikh/funcparserlib
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/funcparserlib/funcparserlib-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         no2to3.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ as well as a tiny lexer generator for token position tracking.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n funcparserlib-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1
 python-modernize -nw funcparserlib/
 sed -i "s/ur'/r'/" funcparserlib/tests/*.py