diff --git a/dev-python/mock/mock-1.0.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/mock/mock-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
index fac96bfeb4d18..282c79c345cc0 100644
--- a/dev-python/mock/mock-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mock/mock-1.0.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)"
 RDEPEND=""
 
-src_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-python3.4.patch
-}
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-python3.4.patch )
 
 python_test() {
 	nosetests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"