diff --git a/src/python/library/build_wheel.py b/src/python/library/build_wheel.py
index d9abe5c4a..d32e7732a 100755
--- a/src/python/library/build_wheel.py
+++ b/src/python/library/build_wheel.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ def touch(path):
 
 
 def cpdir(src, dest):
-    copy_tree(src, dest, preserve_symlinks=1)
+    shutil.copytree(src, dest, symlinks=True, dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
 
 def sed(pattern, replace, source, dest=None):