diff --git a/python/dolfin/jit/pybind11jit.py b/python/dolfin/jit/pybind11jit.py
index d7a6e3fd5..7dda881d7 100644
--- a/python/dolfin/jit/pybind11jit.py
+++ b/python/dolfin/jit/pybind11jit.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def compile_cpp_code(cpp_code, **kwargs):
 
     # Set compiler/build options
     # FIXME: need to locate Python libs and pybind11
-    from distutils import sysconfig
+    import sysconfig
     params = dijitso.params.default_params()
     pyversion = "python" + sysconfig.get_config_var("LDVERSION")
     params['cache']['lib_prefix'] = ""