diff --git a/clang/utils/creduce-clang-crash.py b/clang/utils/creduce-clang-crash.py
index 77bd4cf0fbfcf..fa3bd470ef725 100755
--- a/clang/utils/creduce-clang-crash.py
+++ b/clang/utils/creduce-clang-crash.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawTextHelpFormatter
 import os
 import re
+import shutil
 import stat
 import sys
 import subprocess
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 import shlex
 import tempfile
 import shutil
-from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 import multiprocessing
 
 verbose = False
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ def check_cmd(cmd_name, cmd_dir, cmd_path=None):
   if cmd_path:
     # Make the path absolute so the creduce test can be run from any directory.
     cmd_path = os.path.abspath(cmd_path)
-    cmd = find_executable(cmd_path)
+    cmd = shutil.which(cmd_path)
     if cmd:
       return cmd
     sys.exit("ERROR: executable `%s` not found" % (cmd_path))
 
-  cmd = find_executable(cmd_name, path=cmd_dir)
+  cmd = shutil.which(cmd_name, path=cmd_dir)
   if cmd:
     return cmd