diff --git a/dev/lint-python b/dev/lint-python
index e9ed83dec5fc..9d7dfad7c534 100755
--- a/dev/lint-python
+++ b/dev/lint-python
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ MINIMUM_PYCODESTYLE="2.4.0"
 
 SPHINX_BUILD="sphinx-build"
 
+PYTHON_EXECUTABLE="python3"
+
+function satisfies_min_version {
+    local provided_version="$1"
+    local expected_version="$2"
+    echo "$(
+        "$PYTHON_EXECUTABLE" << EOM
+from setuptools.extern.packaging import version
+print(version.parse('$provided_version') >= version.parse('$expected_version'))
+EOM
+    )"
+}
+
 function compile_python_test {
     local COMPILE_STATUS=
     local COMPILE_REPORT=
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ function pycodestyle_test {
     local PYCODESTYLE_STATUS=
     local PYCODESTYLE_REPORT=
     local RUN_LOCAL_PYCODESTYLE=
-    local VERSION=
+    local PYCODESTYLE_VERSION=
     local EXPECTED_PYCODESTYLE=
     local PYCODESTYLE_SCRIPT_PATH="$SPARK_ROOT_DIR/dev/pycodestyle-$MINIMUM_PYCODESTYLE.py"
     local PYCODESTYLE_SCRIPT_REMOTE_PATH="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/$MINIMUM_PYCODESTYLE/pycodestyle.py"
@@ -69,11 +82,8 @@ function pycodestyle_test {
     # check for locally installed pycodestyle & version
     RUN_LOCAL_PYCODESTYLE="False"
     if hash "$PYCODESTYLE_BUILD" 2> /dev/null; then
-        VERSION=$( $PYCODESTYLE_BUILD --version 2> /dev/null)
-        EXPECTED_PYCODESTYLE=$( (python3 -c 'from distutils.version import LooseVersion;
-                                print(LooseVersion("""'${VERSION[0]}'""") >= LooseVersion("""'$MINIMUM_PYCODESTYLE'"""))')\
-                                2> /dev/null)
-
+        PYCODESTYLE_VERSION="$($PYCODESTYLE_BUILD --version)"
+        EXPECTED_PYCODESTYLE="$(satisfies_min_version $PYCODESTYLE_VERSION $MINIMUM_PYCODESTYLE)"
         if [ "$EXPECTED_PYCODESTYLE" == "True" ]; then
             RUN_LOCAL_PYCODESTYLE="True"
         fi
@@ -117,7 +127,6 @@ function pycodestyle_test {
 
 function flake8_test {
     local FLAKE8_VERSION=
-    local VERSION=
     local EXPECTED_FLAKE8=
     local FLAKE8_REPORT=
     local FLAKE8_STATUS=
@@ -128,11 +137,9 @@ function flake8_test {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    FLAKE8_VERSION="$($FLAKE8_BUILD --version  2> /dev/null)"
-    VERSION=($FLAKE8_VERSION)
-    EXPECTED_FLAKE8=$( (python3 -c 'from distutils.version import LooseVersion;
-                       print(LooseVersion("""'${VERSION[0]}'""") >= LooseVersion("""'$MINIMUM_FLAKE8'"""))') \
-                       2> /dev/null)
+    _FLAKE8_VERSION=($($FLAKE8_BUILD --version))
+    FLAKE8_VERSION="${_FLAKE8_VERSION[0]}"
+    EXPECTED_FLAKE8="$(satisfies_min_version $FLAKE8_VERSION $MINIMUM_FLAKE8)"
 
     if [[ "$EXPECTED_FLAKE8" == "False" ]]; then
         echo "\
@@ -174,10 +181,8 @@ function pydocstyle_test {
         return
     fi
 
-    PYDOCSTYLE_VERSION="$($PYDOCSTYLEBUILD --version 2> /dev/null)"
-    EXPECTED_PYDOCSTYLE=$(python3 -c 'from distutils.version import LooseVersion; \
-                             print(LooseVersion("""'$PYDOCSTYLE_VERSION'""") >= LooseVersion("""'$MINIMUM_PYDOCSTYLE'"""))' \
-                             2> /dev/null)
+    PYDOCSTYLE_VERSION="$($PYDOCSTYLE_BUILD --version)"
+    EXPECTED_PYDOCSTYLE="$(satisfies_min_version $PYDOCSTYLE_VERSION $MINIMUM_PYDOCSTYLE)"
 
     if [[ "$EXPECTED_PYDOCSTYLE" == "False" ]]; then
         echo "\