diff --git a/dev-python/pyenchant/pyenchant-3.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyenchant/pyenchant-3.1.0.ebuild
index 50de6344eaa00..b3913746642c0 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyenchant/pyenchant-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyenchant/pyenchant-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	rm tests/test_docstrings.py || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}