diff --git a/libraries/libapparmor/m4/ac_python_devel.m4 b/libraries/libapparmor/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
index 7242f3bb5..7893ed767 100644
--- a/libraries/libapparmor/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
+++ b/libraries/libapparmor/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ variable to configure. See ``configure --help'' for reference.
         # Check if you have distutils, else fail
         #
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the distutils Python package])
-        ac_distutils_result=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils" 2>&1`
+        ac_distutils_result=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils" 2>&1 | grep -v DeprecationWarning`
         if test -z "$ac_distutils_result"; then
                 AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
         else