diff --git a/cmake/ElementsLocations.cmake b/cmake/ElementsLocations.cmake
index f04b9ac0..c36b1151 100644
--- a/cmake/ElementsLocations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ElementsLocations.cmake
@@ -180,9 +180,8 @@ if(SQUEEZED_INSTALL)
   find_package(PythonInterp ${PYTHON_EXPLICIT_VERSION})
 
   execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
-                  "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(plat_specific=True, prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}').replace('${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/',''))"
+                  "from sysconfig import get_path; print(get_path('platlib').replace(get_path('data') + '/',''))"
                   OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_INSTALL_SUFFIX
-                  ERROR_QUIET
                   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
   set(PYTHON_DYNLIB_INSTALL_SUFFIX ${PYTHON_INSTALL_SUFFIX} CACHE STRING "Final suffix for the install directory of the python binary files" FORCE)