distutils issues on macOS Monterey + Python 3.8

- [x] I read [the conda-forge documentation](https://conda-forge.org/docs/user/introduction.html#how-can-i-install-packages-from-conda-forge) and could not find the solution for my problem there.

Issue:

Howdy, I'm a bit out of my depth here; a colleague has reported having `distutils`-related issues with a conda-forge Python 3.8 conda installation, that does not occur with Python 3.9 or 3.10, nor with python 3.8/3.9/3.10 installed from `defaults`.

The problem is that attempts to access `distutils.util` result in `AttributeError: module 'distutils' has no attribute 'util'`. This can be reliably reproduced by my colleague on macOS Monterey, but I am unable to reproduce it on macOS Catalina. Steps to reproduce are as follows:

Start with a fresh environment and Miniconda installation:
```
eval $(env|sort|grep PYTHON|cut -d '=' -f 1|xargs -n 1 echo "unset ")
eval $(env|sort|grep CONDA| cut -d '=' -f 1|xargs -n 1 echo "unset ")
curl -L -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py39_4.10.3-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
sh Miniconda3-py39_4.10.3-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -b -p ./fresh_miniconda
```

Create a Python 3.8 environment:

```
./fresh_miniconda/bin/conda create -y -c conda-forge -p ./py38 python=3.8
```

```
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

==> WARNING: A newer version of conda exists. <==
current version: 4.10.3
latest version: 4.11.0

Please update conda by running

$ conda update -n base -c defaults conda

## Package Plan ##

environment location: ${HOME}/py38

added / updated specs:
- python=3.8

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

ca-certificates conda-forge/osx-64::ca-certificates-2021.10.8-h033912b_0
libcxx conda-forge/osx-64::libcxx-12.0.1-habf9029_1
libffi conda-forge/osx-64::libffi-3.4.2-h0d85af4_5
libzlib conda-forge/osx-64::libzlib-1.2.11-h9173be1_1013
ncurses conda-forge/osx-64::ncurses-6.2-h2e338ed_4
openssl conda-forge/osx-64::openssl-3.0.0-h0d85af4_2
pip conda-forge/noarch::pip-21.3.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0
python conda-forge/osx-64::python-3.8.12-h43ca1e7_2_cpython
python_abi conda-forge/osx-64::python_abi-3.8-2_cp38
readline conda-forge/osx-64::readline-8.1-h05e3726_0
setuptools conda-forge/osx-64::setuptools-60.2.0-py38h50d1736_0
sqlite conda-forge/osx-64::sqlite-3.37.0-h23a322b_0
tk conda-forge/osx-64::tk-8.6.11-h5dbffcc_1
wheel conda-forge/noarch::wheel-0.37.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0
xz conda-forge/osx-64::xz-5.2.5-haf1e3a3_1
zlib conda-forge/osx-64::zlib-1.2.11-h9173be1_1013

Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: done
#
# To activate this environment, use
#
# $ conda activate ${HOME}/py38
#
# To deactivate an active environment, use
#
# $ conda deactivate

```

Then try to use `distutils.util`:

```
$ ./py38/bin/python -c "import distutils; print(distutils)"

$ ./py38/bin/python -c "import distutils.util; print(distutils.util)"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
AttributeError: module 'distutils' has no attribute 'util'
```

Repeating the above process with a Python 3.9 environment:

```
./fresh_miniconda/bin/conda create -y -c conda-forge -p ./py39 python=3.9
```

```
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

==> WARNING: A newer version of conda exists. <==
current version: 4.10.3
latest version: 4.11.0

Please update conda by running

$ conda update -n base -c defaults conda

## Package Plan ##

environment location: ${HOME}/py39

added / updated specs:
- python=3.9

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

bzip2 conda-forge/osx-64::bzip2-1.0.8-h0d85af4_4
ca-certificates conda-forge/osx-64::ca-certificates-2021.10.8-h033912b_0
libffi conda-forge/osx-64::libffi-3.4.2-h0d85af4_5
libzlib conda-forge/osx-64::libzlib-1.2.11-h9173be1_1013
ncurses conda-forge/osx-64::ncurses-6.2-h2e338ed_4
openssl conda-forge/osx-64::openssl-3.0.0-h0d85af4_2
pip conda-forge/noarch::pip-21.3.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0
python conda-forge/osx-64::python-3.9.9-h38b4d05_0_cpython
python_abi conda-forge/osx-64::python_abi-3.9-2_cp39
readline conda-forge/osx-64::readline-8.1-h05e3726_0
setuptools conda-forge/osx-64::setuptools-60.2.0-py39h6e9494a_0
sqlite conda-forge/osx-64::sqlite-3.37.0-h23a322b_0
tk conda-forge/osx-64::tk-8.6.11-h5dbffcc_1
tzdata conda-forge/noarch::tzdata-2021e-he74cb21_0
wheel conda-forge/noarch::wheel-0.37.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0
xz conda-forge/osx-64::xz-5.2.5-haf1e3a3_1
zlib conda-forge/osx-64::zlib-1.2.11-h9173be1_1013

Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: done
#
# To activate this environment, use
#
# $ conda activate ${HOME}/py39
#
# To deactivate an active environment, use
#
# $ conda deactivate
```

Accessing `distutils.util` now works:

```
$ ./py39/bin/python -c "import distutils; print(distutils)"
.DistutilsLoader object at 0x102893d30>)>

$ ./py39/bin/python -c "import distutils.util; print(distutils.util)"

```

So it looks like the `_distutils_hack` (which I know absolutely nothing about) is not being found in Python 3.8 environmments on Monterey for some reason.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

```
./fresh_miniconda/bin/conda info
```

```
active environment : None
user config file : ${HOME}/.condarc
populated config files : ${HOME}/.condarc
conda version : 4.10.3
conda-build version : not installed
python version : 3.9.5.final.0
virtual packages : __osx=10.16=0
__unix=0=0
__archspec=1=x86_64
base environment : ${HOME}/fresh_miniconda (writable)
conda av data dir : ${HOME}/fresh_miniconda/etc/conda
conda av metadata url : None
channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/intel/osx-64
https://conda.anaconda.org/intel/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
package cache : ${HOME}/fresh_miniconda/pkgs
${HOME}/.conda/pkgs
envs directories : ${HOME}/fresh_miniconda/envs
${HOME}/.conda/envs
platform : osx-64
user-agent : conda/4.10.3 requests/2.26.0 CPython/3.9.5 Darwin/21.2.0 OSX/10.16
UID:GID : 501:20
netrc file : None
offline mode : False
```