diff --git a/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.7.0.ebuild
index 4030c6c3da56b..9bee379ebac8b 100644
--- a/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.7.0.ebuild
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ PATCHES=(
 )
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	sed -i -e '/pytest-runner/d' setup.py || die
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}