diff --git a/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild b/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild
index 9eee5bb95d913..ebada8268a281 100644
--- a/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/libarchive
 "
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
 	epytest -o tmp_path_retention_policy=all
 }