diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
index 57c042c..3e11822 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/misc.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
+import shutil
 
 from collections import defaultdict
-from distutils import spawn
 
 from wic import WicError
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     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=""):
     """