diff --git a/dev-python/astroid/astroid-2.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/astroid/astroid-2.1.0.ebuild
index b23580f181620..5f03bf78ac6b1 100644
--- a/dev-python/astroid/astroid-2.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/astroid/astroid-2.1.0.ebuild
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ DEPEND="
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.1.0-fix-tests.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.1.0-no-pytest-runner.patch"
 )
 
 python_prepare_all() {
diff --git a/dev-python/astroid/files/astroid-2.1.0-no-pytest-runner.patch b/dev-python/astroid/files/astroid-2.1.0-no-pytest-runner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94eda17254570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/astroid/files/astroid-2.1.0-no-pytest-runner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 2ad90aac..4628a40f 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def install():
+                  install_requires = install_requires,
+                  extras_require=extras_require,
+                  packages=find_packages(exclude=['astroid.tests']) + ['astroid.brain'],
+-                 setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+                  test_suite='test',
+                  tests_require=['pytest'],
+                  )