diff --git a/valhalla/valhalla_build_config.py b/valhalla/valhalla_build_config.py
index 3254812..44eae79 100644
--- a/valhalla/valhalla_build_config.py
+++ b/valhalla/valhalla_build_config.py
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 import json
 from typing import List, Union
 
 
+
+def strtobool(value):
+    lower = str(value).lower()
+    if lower in {'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'}:
+        return True
+    elif lower in {'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'}:
+        return False
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('"{}" is not a valid bool value'.format(value))
+
+
 class Optional:
     def __init__(self, t=None):
         self.type = t