diff --git a/dev-python/ptyprocess/ptyprocess-0.5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/ptyprocess/ptyprocess-0.5.2.ebuild
index 2b61ee8cf7701..3e4e1f63b2372 100644
--- a/dev-python/ptyprocess/ptyprocess-0.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ptyprocess/ptyprocess-0.5.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7,8} pypy pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -14,10 +14,5 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="test"
 
-DEPEND="test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
-
-python_test() {
-	py.test -v || die "tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
-}
+distutils_enable_tests pytest