diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
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+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export STAGING_INCDIR
+export STAGING_LIBDIR
+
+# LDSHARED is the ld *command* used to create shared library
+export LDSHARED  = "${CCLD} -shared"
+# LDXXSHARED is the ld *command* used to create shared library of C++
+# objects
+export LDCXXSHARED  = "${CXX} -shared"
+# CCSHARED are the C *flags* used to create objects to go into a shared
+# library (module)
+export CCSHARED  = "-fPIC -DPIC"
+# LINKFORSHARED are the flags passed to the $(CC) command that links
+# the python executable
+export LINKFORSHARED = "${SECURITY_CFLAGS} -Xlinker -export-dynamic"
+
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/* ${libdir}/${PYTHON_DIR}/*"
+
+FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "\
+  ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*.a \
+"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "\
+  ${datadir}/pkgconfig \
+  ${libdir}/pkgconfig \
+  ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*.la \
+"
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils-common-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+}
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3-base.bbclass
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index 0000000..850c535
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+++ 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']['${CLASSOVERRIDE}' == 'class-target']}"
+
+inherit distutils-common-base python3native python3targetconfig
+
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3-base.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3-base.bbclass instead")
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6d8e87
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+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/distutils3.bbclass
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+inherit distutils3-base
+
+B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
+distutils_do_configure[cleandirs] = "${B}"
+
+DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS ?= ""
+DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS ?= "--root=${D} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --install-lib=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+    --install-data=${datadir}"
+
+DISTUTILS_PYTHON = "python3"
+DISTUTILS_PYTHON:class-native = "nativepython3"
+
+DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH ?= "${S}"
+
+python __anonymous() {
+    bb.warn("distutils3.bbclass is deprecated, please use setuptools3.bbclass instead")
+}
+
+distutils3_do_configure() {
+    :
+}
+
+distutils3_do_compile() {
+        cd ${DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH}
+        NO_FETCH_BUILD=1 \
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py \
+        build --build-base=${B} ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal_log "'${PYTHON_PN} setup.py build ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS}' execution failed."
+}
+distutils3_do_compile[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
+
+distutils3_do_install() {
+        cd ${DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH}
+        install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        PYTHONPATH=${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py \
+        build --build-base=${B} install --skip-build ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal_log "'${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS}' execution failed."
+
+        # support filenames with *spaces*
+        find ${D} -name "*.py" -exec grep -q ${D} {} \; \
+                               -exec sed -i -e s:${D}::g {} \;
+
+        for i in ${D}${bindir}/* ${D}${sbindir}/*; do
+            if [ -f "$i" ]; then
+                sed -i -e s:${PYTHON}:${USRBINPATH}/env\ ${DISTUTILS_PYTHON}:g $i
+                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
+            fi
+        done
+
+        rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth
+
+        #
+        # FIXME: Bandaid against wrong datadir computation
+        #
+        if [ -e ${D}${datadir}/share ]; then
+            mv -f ${D}${datadir}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/
+            rmdir ${D}${datadir}/share
+        fi
+}
+distutils3_do_install[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install
+
+export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/pyo3.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/pyo3.bbclass
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index 6ce2132..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/pyo3.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This class helps make sure that Python extensions built with PyO3
-# and setuptools_rust properly set up the environment for cross compilation
-#
-
-inherit cargo python3-dir siteinfo
-
-export PYO3_CROSS="1"
-export PYO3_CROSS_PYTHON_VERSION="${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
-export PYO3_CROSS_LIB_DIR="${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
-export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET="${HOST_SYS}"
-export RUSTFLAGS
-export PYO3_PYTHON="${PYTHON}"
-export PYO3_CONFIG_FILE="${WORKDIR}/pyo3.config"
-
-pyo3_do_configure () {
-    cat > ${WORKDIR}/pyo3.config << EOF
-implementation=CPython
-version=${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}
-shared=true
-abi3=false
-lib_name=${PYTHON_DIR}
-lib_dir=${STAGING_LIBDIR}
-pointer_width=${SITEINFO_BITS}
-build_flags=WITH_THREAD
-suppress_build_script_link_lines=false
-EOF
-}
-
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/setuptools3_rust.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/setuptools3_rust.bbclass
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index fb11f08..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/classes/setuptools3_rust.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-inherit pyo3 setuptools3
-
-DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-rust-native"
-
-setuptools3_rust_do_configure() {
-    pyo3_do_configure
-    cargo_common_do_configure
-    setuptools3_do_configure
-}
-
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure