diff --git a/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py b/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
index 6a701765..40a2fba5 100755
--- a/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
+++ b/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import json
 import shutil
 import time
-import distutils.spawn
 from subprocess import call, check_call, check_output, CalledProcessError, DEVNULL
 
 for profile in ("china", "non-china"):
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
 
 # Check requirements first
 for cmd in ["pip", "zip"]:
-    if distutils.spawn.find_executable(cmd) is None:
+    if not shutil.which(cmd):
         print(f"Can't find required tool: {cmd}")
         exit(1)
 
@@ -129,13 +128,34 @@
     print(f"===> Uploading layer to AWS {region} ")
     profile = "china" if region in cn_regions else "non-china"
 
-    response = check_output(["aws", "--region", region, "lambda", "publish-layer-version",
-                             "--description",
-                             "Provides Instana tracing and monitoring of AWS Lambda functions built with Python",
-                             "--license-info", "MIT", "--output", "json",
-                             "--layer-name", LAYER_NAME, "--zip-file", aws_zip_filename,
-                             "--compatible-runtimes", "python3.8", "python3.9", "python3.10", "python3.11", "python3.12",
-                             "--profile", profile])
+    response = check_output(
+        [
+            "aws",
+            "lambda",
+            "publish-layer-version",
+            "--layer-name",
+            LAYER_NAME,
+            "--description",
+            "Provides Instana tracing and monitoring of AWS Lambda functions built with Python",
+            "--license-info",
+            "MIT",
+            "--output",
+            "json",
+            "--zip-file",
+            aws_zip_filename,
+            "--compatible-runtimes",
+            "python3.8",
+            "python3.9",
+            "python3.10",
+            "python3.11",
+            "python3.12",
+            "python3.13",
+            "--region",
+            region,
+            "--profile",
+            profile,
+        ]
+    )
 
     json_data = json.loads(response)
     version = json_data["Version"]