diff --git a/dev-java/javatoolkit/javatoolkit-0.6.7.ebuild b/dev-java/javatoolkit/javatoolkit-0.6.7.ebuild
index 53f408ebe..bd1c636aa 100644
--- a/dev-java/javatoolkit/javatoolkit-0.6.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/javatoolkit/javatoolkit-0.6.7.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..12} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
+#DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 
 inherit distutils-r1 prefix
 
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
 
+src_prepare(){
+	# FIXME: don't install man files to a wrong location
+	sed -i '/data_files/d' setup.py || die
+	eapply_user
+}
+
 python_prepare_all() {
 	hprefixify src/py/buildparser src/py/findclass setup.py
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all