diff --git a/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1-r1.ebuild
index f679c0c8c6031..579d1b8273ce9 100644
--- a/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/unicodecsv/unicodecsv-0.14.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 sparc x86"
 
 distutils_enable_tests unittest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# un-depend on unittest2
+	sed -i -e 's:unittest2 as ::' unicodecsv/test.py || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}