From 7632beb8e05126fb3fa3a4a9d45c70d92233b40f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:29:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Replace use of distutils to get installation location for
 init_env.py

---
 setup/install.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup/install.py b/setup/install.py
index 95ec984ef3..1b9464c939 100644
--- a/setup/install.py
+++ b/setup/install.py
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ class Develop(Command):
         self.success()
 
     def install_env_module(self):
-        import distutils.sysconfig as s
-        libdir = s.get_python_lib(prefix=self.opts.staging_root)
+        import sysconfig
+        libdir = os.path.join(
+            self.opts.staging_root, sysconfig.get_config_var('PLATLIBDIR') or 'lib',
+            sysconfig.get_python_version(), 'site-packages')
         try:
             if not os.path.exists(libdir):
                 os.makedirs(libdir)