diff --git a/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.33.ebuild b/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.33.ebuild
index 34fa7dd29e0a1..70e55d95f77f1 100644
--- a/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.33.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.33.ebuild
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 python_test() {
-	esetup.py test || die
+	esetup.py test
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.35.ebuild b/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.35.ebuild
index 34fa7dd29e0a1..70e55d95f77f1 100644
--- a/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.35.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/humanfriendly/humanfriendly-1.35.ebuild
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 python_test() {
-	esetup.py test || die
+	esetup.py test
 }