diff --git a/dev-python/fabric/fabric-1.10.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/fabric/fabric-1.10.0-r1.ebuild
index cc01a621a0d7f..6966580ba0d17 100644
--- a/dev-python/fabric/fabric-1.10.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/fabric/fabric-1.10.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ python_compile_all() {
 	fi
 }
 
-src_test() {
-	local DISTUTILS_NO_PARALLEL_BUILD=1
-	distutils-r1_src_test
-}
-
 python_test() {
 	nosetests tests || die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
 }