diff --git a/ci/official/containers/linux_arm64/setup.python.sh b/ci/official/containers/linux_arm64/setup.python.sh
index 767cf7d2df7..9c70c805cdc 100755
--- a/ci/official/containers/linux_arm64/setup.python.sh
+++ b/ci/official/containers/linux_arm64/setup.python.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ cat >pythons.txt <<EOF
 $VERSION
 $VERSION-dev
 $VERSION-venv
-$VERSION-distutils
 EOF
 /setup.packages.sh pythons.txt
 
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 50ed76e9f23..50ed8afa6b6 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
-try:
-  from shutil import which
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
+from shutil import which
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top
 
 _DEFAULT_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES = '3.5,7.0'
@@ -164,8 +161,8 @@ def get_python_path(environ_cp, python_bin_path):
     library_paths = [
         run_shell([
             python_bin_path, '-c',
-            'from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib;'
-            'print(get_python_lib())'
+            'import sysconfig;'
+            'print(sysconfig.get_path("purelib")'
         ])
     ]
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py b/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
index 5ea9ef248d5..96aecf845a7 100644
--- a/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ this file with a file generated from [`api_template.__init__.py`](https://www.gi
 """
 # pylint: disable=g-bad-import-order,protected-access,g-import-not-at-top
 
-import distutils as _distutils
+import sysconfig
 import importlib
 import inspect as _inspect
 import os as _os
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ _site_packages_dirs += [p for p in _sys.path if "site-packages" in p]
 if "getsitepackages" in dir(_site):
   _site_packages_dirs += _site.getsitepackages()
 
-if "sysconfig" in dir(_distutils):
-  _site_packages_dirs += [_distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()]
+for scheme in sysconfig.get_scheme_names():
+  for name in ['purelib', 'platlib']:
+    _site_packages_dirs += [sysconfig.get_path(name, scheme)]
 
 _site_packages_dirs = list(set(_site_packages_dirs))
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/api_template_v1.__init__.py b/tensorflow/api_template_v1.__init__.py
index 6a4ab4e655f..5d06e588fef 100644
--- a/tensorflow/api_template_v1.__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow/api_template_v1.__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """Bring in all of the public TensorFlow interface into this module."""
 
-import distutils as _distutils
 import importlib
+import sysconfig
 import inspect as _inspect
 import os as _os
 import site as _site
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ _site_packages_dirs += [p for p in _sys.path if "site-packages" in p]
 if "getsitepackages" in dir(_site):
   _site_packages_dirs += _site.getsitepackages()
 
-if "sysconfig" in dir(_distutils):
-  _site_packages_dirs += [_distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()]
+for scheme in sysconfig.get_scheme_names():
+  for name in ['purelib', 'platlib']:
+    _site_packages_dirs += [sysconfig.get_path(name, scheme)]
 
 _site_packages_dirs = list(set(_site_packages_dirs))
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py b/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py
index 62a4f6a4c29..a6475de9df4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """Converts a frozen graph into a TFLite FlatBuffer."""
 
-import distutils.spawn
+from shutil import which
 import enum
 import hashlib
 import os as _os
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def _run_deprecated_conversion_binary(
     RuntimeError: When conversion fails, an exception is raised with the error
       message embedded.
   """
-  if distutils.spawn.find_executable(_deprecated_conversion_binary) is None:
+  if which(_deprecated_conversion_binary) is None:
     raise ConverterError("""Could not find `toco_from_protos` binary, make sure
 your virtualenv bin directory or pip local bin directory is in your path.
 In particular, if you have installed TensorFlow with --user, make sure you
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/tools/pip_package/Dockerfile.py3 b/tensorflow/lite/tools/pip_package/Dockerfile.py3
index 63373905a63..6459458633c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/tools/pip_package/Dockerfile.py3
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/tools/pip_package/Dockerfile.py3
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
       python$PYTHON_VERSION \
       python$PYTHON_VERSION-dev \
       python$PYTHON_VERSION-venv \
-      python$PYTHON_VERSION-distutils \
       libpython$PYTHON_VERSION-dev \
       libpython$PYTHON_VERSION-dev:armhf \
       libpython$PYTHON_VERSION-dev:arm64
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/array_ops/manip_ops_test.py b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/array_ops/manip_ops_test.py
index 35e2c3c0f86..71b9c9cd640 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/array_ops/manip_ops_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/array_ops/manip_ops_test.py
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ from tensorflow.python.ops import manip_ops
 from tensorflow.python.platform import test as test_lib
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
-try:
-  from distutils.version import StrictVersion as Version
-  # numpy.roll for multiple shifts was introduced in numpy version 1.12.0
-  NP_ROLL_CAN_MULTISHIFT = Version(np.version.version) >= Version("1.12.0")
-except ImportError:
-  NP_ROLL_CAN_MULTISHIFT = False
+from packaging.version import StrictVersion as Version
+# numpy.roll for multiple shifts was introduced in numpy version 1.12.0
+NP_ROLL_CAN_MULTISHIFT = Version(np.version.version) >= Version("1.12.0")
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top
 
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/math_ops_linspace_test.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/math_ops_linspace_test.py
index 9e2499cd4dc..82d30bb7f66 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/math_ops_linspace_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/math_ops_linspace_test.py
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """Tests for tensorflow.ops.math_ops.linspace."""
 
-# Using distutils.version.LooseVersion was resulting in an error, so importing
-# directly.
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # pylint: disable=g-importing-member
+from packaging.version import Version  # pylint: disable=g-importing-member
 
 from absl.testing import parameterized
 import numpy as np
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ class LinspaceTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase, parameterized.TestCase):
   ])
   # pylint: enable=g-complex-comprehension
   def testLinspaceBroadcasts(self, start_shape, stop_shape, dtype, num):
-    if LooseVersion(np.version.version) < LooseVersion("1.16.0"):
+    if Version(np.version.version) < Version("1.16.0"):
       self.skipTest("numpy doesn't support axes before version 1.16.0")
 
       ndims = max(len(start_shape), len(stop_shape))
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/numpy_ops/tests/test_util.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/numpy_ops/tests/test_util.py
index 43a03379a5d..bfb745d9569 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/numpy_ops/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/numpy_ops/tests/test_util.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """NumPy test utilities."""
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 import functools
 from functools import partial
 import re
@@ -49,6 +48,12 @@ tree_multimap = nest.map_structure
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
+# https://danielms.site/zet/2023/pythons-distutil-strtobool-replacement/
+def strtobool(value: str) -> bool:
+  value = value.lower()
+  if value in ("y", "yes", "on", "1", "true", "t"):
+    return True
+  return False
 
 # TODO(wangpeng): Remove this flag after broken tests are fixed
 flags.DEFINE_bool('enable_x64',
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/tpu/profiler/capture_tpu_profile.py b/tensorflow/python/tpu/profiler/capture_tpu_profile.py
index 4e5563d4bc2..01384c0408d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/tpu/profiler/capture_tpu_profile.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/tpu/profiler/capture_tpu_profile.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
 
 from absl import app
 from absl import flags
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 from tensorflow.python.distribute.cluster_resolver import tpu_cluster_resolver as resolver
 from tensorflow.python.profiler import profiler_client
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def main(unused_argv=None):
   print('TensorFlow version %s detected' % tf_version)
   print('Welcome to the Cloud TPU Profiler v%s' % profiler_version.__version__)
 
-  if LooseVersion(tf_version) < LooseVersion('2.2.0'):
+  if Version(tf_version) < Version('2.2.0'):
     sys.exit('You must install tensorflow >= 2.2.0 to use this plugin.')
 
   if not FLAGS.service_addr and not FLAGS.tpu:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def main(unused_argv=None):
       gfile.MakeDirs(FLAGS.logdir)
 
     try:
-      if LooseVersion(tf_version) < LooseVersion('2.3.0'):
+      if Version(tf_version) < Version('2.3.0'):
         profiler_client.trace(service_addr, os.path.expanduser(FLAGS.logdir),
                               duration_ms, workers_list,
                               FLAGS.num_tracing_attempts)
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/tf_sig_build_dockerfiles/setup.python.sh b/tensorflow/tools/tf_sig_build_dockerfiles/setup.python.sh
index 007ee34858e..efc379cff9b 100755
--- a/tensorflow/tools/tf_sig_build_dockerfiles/setup.python.sh
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/tf_sig_build_dockerfiles/setup.python.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ cat >pythons.txt <<EOF
 $VERSION
 $VERSION-dev
 $VERSION-venv
-$VERSION-distutils
 EOF
 /setup.packages.sh pythons.txt
 
diff --git a/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py b/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
index b1a10a86b9a..1ed781a2ae5 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
+++ b/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top,g-importing-member
-try:
-  from shutil import which
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
+from shutil import which
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top,g-importing-member
 
 
diff --git a/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py b/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
index 68623bf671d..5e601b1a901 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
+++ b/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
-try:
-  from shutil import which
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
+from shutil import which
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top
 
 
diff --git a/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py b/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
index b1a10a86b9a..1ed781a2ae5 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
+++ b/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/check_cuda_libs.py
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top,g-importing-member
-try:
-  from shutil import which
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
+from shutil import which
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top,g-importing-member
 
 
diff --git a/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py b/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
index 68623bf671d..5e601b1a901 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
+++ b/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 # pylint: disable=g-import-not-at-top
-try:
-  from shutil import which
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
+from shutil import which
 # pylint: enable=g-import-not-at-top