diff --git a/makehelper.py b/makehelper.py
index ef36d63..4fb7eb1 100644
--- a/makehelper.py
+++ b/makehelper.py
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@
         pass
     out = open(sys.argv[1], 'w')
 
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var, get_python_inc
+from sysconfig import get_config_var, get_path, get_python_version
 
-incdirs = [get_python_inc()]
+incdirs = [get_path("include")]
 libdir = get_config_var('LIBDIR') or ''
 
 have_np='NO'
 try:
-    from numpy.distutils.misc_util import get_numpy_include_dirs
-    incdirs = get_numpy_include_dirs()+incdirs
+    from numpy import get_include
+    numpy_dir = [get_include()]
+    incdirs = numpy_dir+incdirs
     have_np='YES'
 except ImportError:
     pass
@@ -42,10 +43,10 @@
 print('TARGET_CFLAGS +=',get_config_var('BASECFLAGS'), file=out)
 print('TARGET_CXXFLAGS +=',get_config_var('BASECFLAGS'), file=out)
 
-print('PY_VER :=',get_config_var('VERSION'), file=out)
+print('PY_VER :=',get_python_version(), file=out)
 ldver = get_config_var('LDVERSION')
 if ldver is None:
-    ldver = get_config_var('VERSION')
+    ldver = get_python_version()
     if get_config_var('Py_DEBUG'):
         ldver = ldver+'_d'
 print('PY_LD_VER :=',ldver, file=out)