diff --git a/scripts/compile_config.py b/scripts/compile_config.py
index a0a6ed2e0..c3b01d056 100644
--- a/scripts/compile_config.py
+++ b/scripts/compile_config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json
 import shutil
 import importlib
 import collections
-from distutils.util import strtobool
+from utils import strtobool
 
 global COMPILE_CONFIG
 COMPILE_CONFIG = None
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27cfbb1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+def strtobool(value: str) -> bool:
+  value = value.lower()
+  if value in ("y", "yes", "on", "1", "true", "t"):
+    return True
+  return False