diff --git a/app-portage/smart-live-rebuild/smart-live-rebuild-9999.ebuild b/app-portage/smart-live-rebuild/smart-live-rebuild-9999.ebuild
index 6897962092ba2..8c97759cabe7f 100644
--- a/app-portage/smart-live-rebuild/smart-live-rebuild-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/smart-live-rebuild/smart-live-rebuild-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-apps/portage[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_install_all() {