diff --git a/vmaas/common/config.py b/vmaas/common/config.py
index a7406f12d..639edd462 100644
--- a/vmaas/common/config.py
+++ b/vmaas/common/config.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 Common VMaaS configuration.
 """
 import os
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 import app_common_python
 
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
+
 
 class Singleton(type):
     """Singleton object."""
diff --git a/vmaas/common/logging_utils.py b/vmaas/common/logging_utils.py
index 74aed41f5..84c2588ce 100644
--- a/vmaas/common/logging_utils.py
+++ b/vmaas/common/logging_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import time
-from distutils.util import strtobool  # pylint: disable=import-error, no-name-in-module
 from threading import Lock
 
 import watchtower
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
 from vmaas.common.config import Config
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 
 
 class OneLineExceptionFormatter(logging.Formatter):
diff --git a/vmaas/common/strtobool.py b/vmaas/common/strtobool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a64b804d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmaas/common/strtobool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Module providing `strtobool` function as replacement of distutils.strtobool."""
+
+
+def strtobool(val: str) -> bool:
+    """Convert a string representation of truth to bool.
+
+    True values are y, yes, t, true, on and 1; false values are n, no, f, false, off and 0.
+    Raises TypeError if `val` is not string.
+    Raises ValueError if `val` is anything else.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(val, str):
+        raise TypeError(f"`{val}` is not of type str")
+    trues = ("y", "yes", "t", "true", "on", "1")
+    falses = ("n", "no", "f", "false", "off", "0")
+
+    val = val.lower()
+    if val in trues:
+        return True
+    if val in falses:
+        return False
+    raise ValueError(f"`{val}` not in {trues + falses}")
diff --git a/vmaas/reposcan/redhatcsaf/csaf_controller.py b/vmaas/reposcan/redhatcsaf/csaf_controller.py
index f24eaa03f..05b834e19 100644
--- a/vmaas/reposcan/redhatcsaf/csaf_controller.py
+++ b/vmaas/reposcan/redhatcsaf/csaf_controller.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from vmaas.common.batch_list import BatchList
 from vmaas.common.logging_utils import get_logger
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 from vmaas.reposcan.database.csaf_store import CsafStore
 from vmaas.reposcan.download.downloader import DownloadItem
 from vmaas.reposcan.download.downloader import FileDownloader
diff --git a/vmaas/reposcan/redhatoval/oval_controller.py b/vmaas/reposcan/redhatoval/oval_controller.py
index 5ef58b25f..6bb578a80 100644
--- a/vmaas/reposcan/redhatoval/oval_controller.py
+++ b/vmaas/reposcan/redhatoval/oval_controller.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 import tempfile
 import json
 import re
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 from vmaas.common.batch_list import BatchList
 from vmaas.common.logging_utils import get_logger
 from vmaas.common.date_utils import parse_datetime
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 
 from vmaas.reposcan.database.oval_store import OvalStore
 from vmaas.reposcan.download.downloader import FileDownloader, DownloadItem, VALID_HTTP_CODES
diff --git a/vmaas/reposcan/repodata/updateinfo.py b/vmaas/reposcan/repodata/updateinfo.py
index 323a6199a..36939cb2a 100644
--- a/vmaas/reposcan/repodata/updateinfo.py
+++ b/vmaas/reposcan/repodata/updateinfo.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks, too-many-branches
 # I really don't want to do that but, the way how updateinfo XML is done it's unfortuntately needed
 from datetime import datetime
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 import re
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as eT
 
 from vmaas.common.string import text_strip
 from vmaas.common.utc import UTC
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 
 DATETIME_PATTERNS = {
     "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S": re.compile(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}$"),
diff --git a/vmaas/reposcan/reposcan.py b/vmaas/reposcan/reposcan.py
index 1029a5574..01ad24272 100755
--- a/vmaas/reposcan/reposcan.py
+++ b/vmaas/reposcan/reposcan.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from multiprocessing.pool import Pool
 from functools import reduce
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 import connexion
 import git
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
 
 from vmaas.common.constants import VMAAS_VERSION
 from vmaas.common.logging_utils import get_logger, init_logging
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 from vmaas.reposcan.database.database_handler import DatabaseHandler, init_db
 from vmaas.reposcan.database.product_store import ProductStore
 from vmaas.reposcan.dbchange import DbChangeAPI
diff --git a/vmaas/webapp/app.py b/vmaas/webapp/app.py
index daa53911d..4d7a3282d 100755
--- a/vmaas/webapp/app.py
+++ b/vmaas/webapp/app.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import sre_constants
 import ssl
 import time
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 from json import loads
 
 import connexion
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
 from vmaas.common.config import Config
 from vmaas.common.constants import VMAAS_VERSION
 from vmaas.common.logging_utils import get_logger
+from vmaas.common.strtobool import strtobool
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 CFG = Config()