diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild
rename to dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0-r1.ebuild
index 12991147d6655..fff9aec03927f 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-46.4.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
 DOCS=( {CHANGES,README}.rst docs/{easy_install.txt,pkg_resources.txt,setuptools.txt} )
 
 python_prepare_all() {
+	# silence the py2 warning that is awfully verbose and breaks some
+	# packages by adding unexpected output
+	# (also, we know!)
+	sed -i -e '/py2_warn/d' pkg_resources/__init__.py || die
+
 	# disable tests requiring a network connection
 	rm setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py || die