diff --git a/Source/Swig/ConfigPython.cmake b/Source/Swig/ConfigPython.cmake
index d41ae4ca..f243c8d5 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/ConfigPython.cmake
+++ b/Source/Swig/ConfigPython.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 macro(get_py_include)
   execute_process(
       COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c
-      "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc; print(get_python_inc())"
+      "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('include'))"
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endmacro()
diff --git a/UnitTests/before_install.sh b/UnitTests/before_install.sh
index e2626bd8..28c5e23e 100644
--- a/UnitTests/before_install.sh
+++ b/UnitTests/before_install.sh
@@ -32,5 +32,4 @@ elif [[ "$TESTOS" == "OSX" ]]; then
   sudo pip3 install flake8 --upgrade --no-cache-dir
   sudo pip3 install pyyaml --upgrade --no-cache-dir
   sudo pip3 install ford --upgrade --no-cache-dir
-  sudo pip3 install distutils --upgrade --no-cache-dir
 fi