diff --git a/dev-libs/leatherman/leatherman-1.12.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/leatherman/leatherman-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
index 340f36608ce14..c432e0dcd956b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/leatherman/leatherman-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/leatherman/leatherman-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/puppetlabs/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 IUSE="debug static-libs test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+#RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+RESTRICT="test"  # restricted til we don't need the shared_nowide patch
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 SLOT="0/${PV}"