diff --git a/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.34.1.ebuild b/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.34.1.ebuild
index eb99c35c06f4f..aec75ca0f82a5 100644
--- a/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.34.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.34.1.ebuild
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ distutils_enable_tests --install unittest
 
 python_test() {
 	distutils_install_for_testing --via-venv
-	virtx distutils-r1_python_test
+	virtx eunittest
 }