diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
index 62fc2cd59d4c2d632483d7fc6babae3b26f99c9c..1c382c12023c158cfe89c3867809f9a33e1a50c8 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     git \
     python3 \
     python3-dev \
-    python3-distutils \
     python3-pyelftools \
     python3-setuptools \
     build-essential \
diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
index 96e6974c6c65a55802ae24232899602c33186de6..010d605f3d6ec1a10a01b4bd877c5cd44978cda8 100644
--- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ freshly installed Debian Bullseye system the following packages are required:
 
 * `git` (to get Gluon and other dependencies)
 * `python3`
-* `python3-distutils`
 * `build-essential`
 * `ecdsautils` (to sign firmware, see `contrib/sign.sh`)
 * `gawk`