1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py b/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
index 57c042c503..3e11822996 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import logging
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
+import shutil
 
 from collections import defaultdict
-from distutils import spawn
 
 from wic import WicError
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def find_executable(cmd, paths):
     if provided and "%s-native" % recipe in provided:
         return True
 
-    return spawn.find_executable(cmd, paths)
+    return shutil.which(cmd, path=paths)
 
 def exec_native_cmd(cmd_and_args, native_sysroot, pseudo=""):
     """