diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-appdirs/setuptools-import.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-appdirs/setuptools-import.patch
index 0b0eb4b84ab..55b3ce7b384 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-appdirs/setuptools-import.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-appdirs/setuptools-import.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
 index ccd1e72..5d907aa 100644
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
+@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
  import sys
  import os
  import os.path
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ index ccd1e72..5d907aa 100644
 +except ImportError:
 +    from distutils.core import setup
  import appdirs
- 
+
  tests_require = []