diff --git a/test/test_general.py b/test/test_general.py
index b7295d4..432b72c 100644
--- a/test/test_general.py
+++ b/test/test_general.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import glob
-import distutils.util
+import sysconfig
 
-build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (distutils.util.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (sysconfig.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), build_dir))
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_genomic.py b/test/test_genomic.py
index 6355cb8..560b3e0 100644
--- a/test/test_genomic.py
+++ b/test/test_genomic.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import glob
-import distutils.util
+import sysconfig
 from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
 import pytest
 import conftest
 
-build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (distutils.util.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (sysconfig.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), build_dir))
 import HTSeq
diff --git a/test/test_parsers.py b/test/test_parsers.py
index a3c54eb..c223ed4 100644
--- a/test/test_parsers.py
+++ b/test/test_parsers.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import glob
-import distutils.util
+import sysconfig
 from pathlib import Path
 
-build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (distutils.util.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (sysconfig.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), build_dir))
 import HTSeq
diff --git a/test/test_stretch_vector.py b/test/test_stretch_vector.py
index f6f9c59..8de2b1e 100644
--- a/test/test_stretch_vector.py
+++ b/test/test_stretch_vector.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import glob
-import distutils.util
+import sysconfig
 from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
 import pytest
 import conftest
 
-build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (distutils.util.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (sysconfig.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), build_dir))
 import HTSeq
diff --git a/test/tss_test.py b/test/tss_test.py
index 66e780e..116e8e6 100644
--- a/test/tss_test.py
+++ b/test/tss_test.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
-import distutils.util
+import sysconfig
 import numpy
 
-build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (distutils.util.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+build_dir = "build/lib.%s-%s" % (sysconfig.get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), build_dir))
 import HTSeq