diff --git a/lib/engines/fontforge/generate.py b/lib/engines/fontforge/generate.py
index 082ed9d..43a0b99 100644
--- a/lib/engines/fontforge/generate.py
+++ b/lib/engines/fontforge/generate.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 import json
 from subprocess import call
-from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+from shutil import which
 
 args = json.load(sys.stdin)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def create_empty_char(f, c):
 					create_empty_char(f, char)
 				glyph = f.createChar(cp, name)
 				glyph.addPosSub('liga', tuple(name))
-				
+
 			else:
 				glyph = f.createChar(cp)
 			glyph.importOutlines(filePath)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def generate(filename):
 
 # Hint the TTF file
 # ttfautohint is optional
-if (find_executable('ttfautohint') and args['autoHint']):
+if (which('ttfautohint') and args['autoHint']):
 	call('ttfautohint --symbol --fallback-script=latn --no-info "%(font)s.ttf" "%(font)s-hinted.ttf" && mv "%(font)s-hinted.ttf" "%(font)s.ttf"' % {'font': fontfile}, shell=True)
 	f = fontforge.open(fontfile + '.ttf')