diff --git a/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python3-grpcio/python3-grpcio_%.bbappend b/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python3-grpcio/python3-grpcio_%.bbappend
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+do_compile:prepend() {
+    export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
+}