diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml
index a55ced2d..0e4739d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
           sudo TZ=UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
           sudo apt-get update 
-          sudo apt-get install -y python${{ matrix.python_version }} python${{ matrix.python_version }}-distutils python${{ matrix.python_version }}-venv
+          sudo apt-get install -y python${{ matrix.python_version }} python${{ matrix.python_version }}-venv
           sudo apt-get install -y curl
           sudo curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python${{ matrix.python_version }}
           pip3 install pipx