diff --git a/testing/test_parseopt.py b/testing/test_parseopt.py
index ded5167d8da..7c94fdb1e20 100644
--- a/testing/test_parseopt.py
+++ b/testing/test_parseopt.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
-import distutils.spawn
 import os
 import shlex
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 import py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def test_multiple_metavar_help(self, parser):
 
 
 def test_argcomplete(testdir, monkeypatch):
-    if not distutils.spawn.find_executable("bash"):
+    if not shutil.which("bash"):
         pytest.skip("bash not available")
     script = str(testdir.tmpdir.join("test_argcomplete"))