diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass
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+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${PYTHON_PN}-native ${PYTHON_PN}"
+DEPENDS:append:class-nativesdk = " ${PYTHON_PN}-native ${PYTHON_PN}"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@['', '${PYTHON_PN}-core']['${CLASSOVERRIDE}' == 'class-target']}"
+
+inherit distutils-common-base python3native python3targetconfig
+
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+