diff --git a/dev-python/portalocker/portalocker-3.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/portalocker/portalocker-3.2.0.ebuild
index 57aa5be8e1c17..acc37465a7cfe 100644
--- a/dev-python/portalocker/portalocker-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/portalocker/portalocker-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{rerunfailures,timeout} )
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -41,11 +42,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	sed -i '/--cov/d' pyproject.toml || die
 }
 
-python_test() {
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest -p rerunfailures -p timeout
-}
-
 pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "redis support" dev-python/redis
 }