Index: b/Lib/platform.py
===================================================================
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ def libc_ver(executable=sys.executable,
         The file is read and scanned in chunks of chunksize bytes.
 
     """
-    from distutils.version import LooseVersion as V
     if hasattr(os.path, 'realpath'):
         # Python 2.2 introduced os.path.realpath(); it is used
         # here to work around problems with Cygwin not being
         # able to open symlinks for reading
         executable = os.path.realpath(executable)
+    verinfo = version.split('.')
     with open(executable, 'rb') as f:
         binary = f.read(chunksize)
         pos = 0
@@ -184,19 +184,24 @@ def libc_ver(executable=sys.executable,
             libcinit, glibc, glibcversion, so, threads, soversion = [
                 s.decode('latin1') if s is not None else s
                 for s in m.groups()]
+            glibcverinfo = glibcversion.split('.')
+            soverinfo = soversion.split('.')
             if libcinit and not lib:
                 lib = 'libc'
             elif glibc:
                 if lib != 'glibc':
                     lib = 'glibc'
                     version = glibcversion
-                elif V(glibcversion) > V(version):
+                    verinfo = glibcverinfo
+                elif glibcverinfo > verinfo:
                     version = glibcversion
+                    verinfo = glibcverinfo
             elif so:
                 if lib != 'glibc':
                     lib = 'libc'
-                    if soversion and (not version or V(soversion) > V(version)):
+                    if soversion and (not version or soverinfo > verinfo):
                         version = soversion
+                        verinfo = soverinfo
                     if threads and version[-len(threads):] != threads:
                         version = version + threads
             pos = m.end()