diff --git a/testsuite/python/unittest_decorators.py b/testsuite/python/unittest_decorators.py
index 109f89cc8..a9a0e5200 100644
--- a/testsuite/python/unittest_decorators.py
+++ b/testsuite/python/unittest_decorators.py
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 import sys
 import importlib
-import setuptools
+import pkg_resources
 import unittest
 
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ def skipIfUnmetModuleVersionRequirement(module, version_requirement):
     except ImportError:
         return skipIfMissingModules(module)
-    if not setuptools.version.pkg_resources.packaging.specifiers.SpecifierSet(
+    if not pkg_resources.packaging.specifiers.SpecifierSet(
             version_requirement).contains(_module.__version__):
         return unittest.skip(