diff --git a/mmcv/utils/parrots_wrapper.py b/mmcv/utils/parrots_wrapper.py
index 99e1b8aa41..4cb4be98f2 100644
--- a/mmcv/utils/parrots_wrapper.py
+++ b/mmcv/utils/parrots_wrapper.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 from functools import partial
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 import torch
 
 TORCH_VERSION = torch.__version__
 
 is_rocm_pytorch = False
-if StrictVersion(TORCH_VERSION) >= StrictVersion('1.5'):
+if parse_version(TORCH_VERSION) >= parse_version('1.5'):
     from torch.utils.cpp_extension import ROCM_HOME
     is_rocm_pytorch = True if ((torch.version.hip is not None) and
                                (ROCM_HOME is not None)) else False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a770686938..4122c814d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import glob
 import os
 import re
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution, parse_version
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-import torch
-
 EXT_TYPE = ''
 try:
+    import torch
     if torch.__version__ == 'parrots':
         from parrots.utils.build_extension import BuildExtension
         EXT_TYPE = 'parrots'
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ def get_extensions():
         extra_compile_args = {'cxx': []}
 
         is_rocm_pytorch = False
-        if StrictVersion(torch.__version__) >= StrictVersion('1.5'):
+        if parse_version(torch.__version__) >= parse_version('1.5'):
             from torch.utils.cpp_extension import ROCM_HOME
             is_rocm_pytorch = True if ((torch.version.hip is not None) and
                                        (ROCM_HOME is not None)) else False
diff --git a/tests/test_runner/test_utils.py b/tests/test_runner/test_utils.py
index 596f7aeb81..88e0629c28 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import random
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from mmcv.utils import TORCH_VERSION
 
 is_rocm_pytorch = False
-if StrictVersion(TORCH_VERSION) >= StrictVersion('1.5'):
+if parse_version(TORCH_VERSION) >= parse_version('1.5'):
     from torch.utils.cpp_extension import ROCM_HOME
     is_rocm_pytorch = True if ((torch.version.hip is not None) and
                                (ROCM_HOME is not None)) else False