diff --git a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.0.ebuild
index aa5f07d4d3afe..cf9be9af0b101 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 # https://github.com/byroot/pysrt/issues/42
 RESTRICT="test"
 
-src_test() {
-	DISTUTILS_NO_PARALLEL_BUILD=1 distutils-r1_src_test
-}
-
 python_test() {
 	nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=pysrt \
 		|| die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
diff --git a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.1.ebuild
index 2c3b4884d4d86..db90218b1c7fe 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-1.0.1.ebuild
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 # https://github.com/byroot/pysrt/issues/42
 RESTRICT="test"
 
-src_test() {
-	DISTUTILS_NO_PARALLEL_BUILD=1 distutils-r1_src_test
-}
-
 python_test() {
 	nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=pysrt \
 		|| die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
diff --git a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-9999.ebuild
index 9c1a0c109f07c..374a8c7f8ddc0 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pysrt/pysrt-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( dev-python/nose[coverage(+),${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "
 
-src_test() {
-	DISTUTILS_NO_PARALLEL_BUILD=1 distutils-r1_src_test
-}
-
 python_test() {
 	nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=pysrt \
 		|| die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"